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NI Civil Service: Equal Pay Implementation
28/01/2010
NIPSA has been in discussions with NICS Management about taking forward the implementation of the equal pay agreement.
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Following the resounding ballot result authorising NIPSA to proceed to have the proposed terms of settlement in respect of the equal pay claims implemented we have been in discussions with NICS Management about taking forward the implementation of the agreement.
NIPSA has stressed the need to proceed to implement the terms of the agreement at the earliest opportunity in order that members receive both revised rates of pay and compensation lump sums. NIPSA and the Management Side have now agreed the broad approach to what is required in an exercise that will take several months to fully complete. An important part of the process will be validating the service history of staff in the affected grades which is likely to commence in February.
In addition NIPSA will be contacting those members for whom an industrial tribunal claim was lodged, to provide further advice and move towards the withdrawal of claims from the tribunal. A separate communication will issue directly to those claimants in the coming weeks.
NIPSA having negotiated the terms of settlement is committed to ensuring their implementation at the earliest date taking account of the exercises that will be required to implement the terms of the agreement accurately. The attached circular which has been agreed between Management and NIPSA provides some detail of how the exercise will be taken forward. Further circulars and updates on the NIPSA website will be provided as work progresses on this front.
Yours sincerely
KIERAN BANNON
Assistant General Secretary
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