Pay and Conditions for 2012 - 2013

Pay Policy Statements Guidance

Further to the JNC's initial guidance (dated 25 Nov 11) and Supplementary Note No. 1 (dated 12 Jan), a Supplementary note No. 2 from LGA and ALACE regarding the pay Policy Statements has been published.

Key points in the Supplementary note No. 2 are that the Government published the final version of its statutory guidance on pay policy statements on 17 February 2012 and five material changes have been identified:

• Pay multiple: where it should be published
• Pay multiple: no requirement to publish a target
• Pay multiple: calculating the average
• Tax avoidance
• Definition of Chief Officer

It is likely that councils will have published their pay policy statement for 2012/13 and therefore any amendments arising from the above is likely to be taken into account in 2013/14.

• Openness and Accountability in Local Pay: Guidance under Section 40 of the Localism Act - FINAL
• Pay Policy Supplementary #2  119Kb
• Pay Policy Supplementary #1  111Kb
• JNC Pay Policy Statement Initial Guidance  166Kb

(updated on 1 March 2012)

Pay Freeze

The National Employers met with the local government trade unions and formally responded to their pay claim by informing them that there will be no pay offer for 2012/13.

Read circular.  103Kb

The trade unions formally requested to refer pay to arbitration, but this request was declined.

Read response regarding arbitration.  95Kb

(updated on 28 February 2012)

Openness and Accountability in Local Pay

The Government has published the final guidance setting out the key policy principles underpinning the pay accountability provisions in Section 40 of the Localism Act.

Read guidance

Read press release

(updated on 28 February 2012)

South East Regional Pay Briefing

The South East Regional Pay Briefing took place on Thursday 10 November 2011 in London. The purpose of the briefing was to update attendees on the current pay situation including information received from the trade unions (Trade Union Pay Claim 2012)  1Mb, and to take soundings as regards affordability or otherwise of any potential future pay increase. SEE seeked to engage councils in this process so their views were taken into account in determining the national position for the next year. It was recognised this will be a very difficult year for pay talks given the current economic climate, the financial difficulties councils are facing and that Local Government has had two years of no pay increase.

(updated on 11 November 2011)

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