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NI Civil Service Pay: 2010 and 2011
07/04/2011
The Civil Service Group Executive Committee met on Thursday, 7 April 2011 to consider the results of the branch consultative exercise.
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Dear Colleague
NIPSA Bulletin B/01/11 dated 8 March 2011 provided details of the NI Civil Service Management final offer on 2010 and 2011 pay. Following the issue of NIPSA Bulletin B/02/11 dated 16 March 2011 which contained the assessment of the NIPSA Civil Service Group Executive Committee on the offer the branch consultative exercise has now been completed.
The results of this exercise was as follows:-
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IN AGREEMENT with the Executive Committee assessment
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4,177
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NOT IN AGREEMENT with the Executive Committee assessment
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358
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ABSTENTIONS
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251
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Members have clearly supported the view of the Executive Committee that while it could not agree to the offer there was neither scope for further negotiations nor a likelihood of members supporting a campaign of industrial action to secure an improved offer.
The Civil Service Group Executive Committee met on Thursday, 7 April 2011 to consider the results of the branch consultative exercise and agreed:-
(a) to advise the Management Side that it considered the offer unacceptable;
(b) that it was not prepared to accept an ongoing pay freeze and would use all the necessary resources of the union to secure fair pay increases in 2012 and beyond; and
(c) to emphasise to the Management Side the unacceptable treatment of staff at the maxima of their scales.
NIPSA is now pressing the Management Side to implement the progression increases and the £250 payment as soon as possible.
Comprehensive Pay and Grading Review
Members will be aware that the NI Civil Service Comprehensive Pay and Grading Review has now commenced. NIPSA will be fully participating in this joint review and will be endeavouring to secure a resolution to a number of pay and grading problems, in particular the unacceptable position of staff at Executive Officer II level following the implementation of the equal pay settlement in the NI Civil Service.
Review of TGI and TGII Grades
NIPSA is currently contacting a number of Branches having members in the TGI and TGII grades in order to arrange a meeting to discuss taking this matter forward.
A date is also being arranged for the Joint Working Group involving representation from Management and Trade Union Side. NIPSA has written to Management outlining the issues that need taken forward and this will form the basis of the negotiations.
Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs)
While the pay offer for 2010 and 2011 will apply in the normal way to staff in NDPBs NIPSA is aware that staff in a number of these bodies have still not received their pay increases for 2009 and strenuous efforts are continuing to have these matters resolved. NIPSA is also pressing for the implementation of the new NI Civil Service pay scales for the AA, AO and Executive Officer II grades arising from the equal pay settlement to the relevant staff in NDPBs and a further bulletin will be issued in due course providing an update on this matter.
Yours sincerely
BRIAN CAMPFIELD
General Secretary
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