£1925 per year

[PupInAPram]

If you are covered by the njc pay award (local authority, school support staff etc) you will get £1925 per year pay rise, backdated to April 2022. It's flat rate for everyone (although obviously pro rata for part time). I'm in a school and we will get ours in November pay. It's going to be a massive help.

If you earn close to £50,000 a year it will tip you into the higher rate tax band. If you are on one of the lower pay grades it represents a 10% ish pay rise and won't change your tax band. If 2 unions out of the 3 vote in favour, the pay offer will be accepted by the njc.

Could you potentially divert the extra money into your pension? Increase your personal contribution amount by 1% and it should keep you under the threshold.

Thank you, that's a good plan re pension.

When are they expected to make a final decision ?

I don't think the ballots close until early May

, Bucks schools dont follow the njc so we were well and truly screwed no pay rise for us last year , no backdated pay nothing.

I’m not close to 50k a year so my tax band should stay the same if it’s accepted.

is it a one off payment? Or split across the 12 months?

@LibbyL92 its an additional £1925 minimum on this years salary. There will be a lump sum paid once they’ve agreed the final figure, to account for the money that should have been paid from April (£1925 pro rata) and then we will get the increased monthly salary in our pay each monthly -probably around £100 p/m after tax, NI, pension etc.

Great! Thank you.

samsam123 · 25/02/2023 14:31

I work for Bucks cc who follow their own pay scale which meant we didnt get £1925 last year, will be very interested to see if we get a decent raise this April. Not holding my breath

.wizbit93 · 25/02/2023 15:30

Me too. There was a consultation on it which I believe finished last week. The suggestion is 5%, so it's better than last year!

I want the same as everyone else , they got 1950 last year we got in comparison nothing , I want 4k this year just to catch up.

I would ask how the local Bucks pay scale compares with those on the National pay scale. You may find that you are already paid more than the equivalent, if Bucks have had pay rises in excess of national pay rises over the last few years.

i think it was 2% last April, from what i can see we are paid less. and this year they havent said what the rise will be if any

Well, it's groundhog day! Offer for 2023-2024 is £1925. The NJC national joint committee have to agree to it by 2 out of the 3 unions. Unison have not had sufficient ballots for strike action, so would accept it. Unite ballots allowed them to reject and start some localised strike actions for a better offer. GMB strike ballot closed on the 24th October and there's been bugger all information forthcoming from them about the result.

It could potentially be paid before Christmas and backdated to April depending on the ballot outcome. Why are these unions so slow? Why don't they communicate ballot outcomes swiftly? Why on earth don't they coordinate and communicate so that they all ballot at the same time. It's so frustrating!

This payrise would make the difference to my daughter of affording her rent rise and staying where she is or scrambling around for a cheaper rented room. Bloody unions!

Our local authority pays on last day of month, every month. So it will make January easier for many

@MikeRafone this thread was started about last year's pay award. Sadly this year's identical pay award has not yet been accepted by the njc.

This would make a huge difference hope they agree it soon

So slow.....be nice before Christmas

We got an e-mail on Tuesday (before the GMB ballot result?) saying it wouldn't make it into paypackets before Christmas.
BUT, I've just realised the last paypacket before Xmas will be 30 November. So we might get it in December, I guess?
Is the £1925 definitely happening?

@ChristmasCakeAndStilton do you minding saying which local authority you are? I completely understand if you'd rather not.

If your pay is determined by njc agreement with local government staff @ChristmasCakeAndStilton then yes £1925 has been offered by employers so it won't be less. Unions are trying to get more as for higher grades and better paid local government workers this doesn't reflect the % rise in cost of living. It's pretty good for lower grades though, coming on top of last year's £1925!

@PupInAPram I'm in a small MAT, who follows the NJC scale.
And yes, it was a 9% pay rise for me last year. So guessing it would be around 8% this. So I'm quite happy with the amount,and would rather have it NOW, than continue discussions. But hadn't really thought about the impact on the top ends getting a much smaller %

@PupInAPram I agree the lack of information anywhere is frustrating. I'm continually looking for any kind of update and there's nothing!!! It's all months out of date.

I was pinning all my hopes on it arriving before Christmas but I'm going to have adjust my expectations.

It's tricky isn't it. As a solution last year I thought it was excellent and that lower grades should get more as it will hit them harder. But I suppose if they keep the same system those in the more middle bands are going to struggle too

I'd like another days annual leave too! 😂

Yes and the problem with constant below inflation rises at the top end is we are losing senior staff all the time and finding them impossible to replace because we just can't compete with the private sector. People might say they don't care, but these are in some cases the roles that are critical to ensuring the organisation doesn't go bust (senior finance and governance roles for instance)

And I am pretty loyal as I love that my job makes a difference but it is utterly galling to get what is essentially a pay cut year after year. This has been balanced in my case by promotions but essentially I am taking on more and more stress and responsibility for the same standard of living.