Issue - meetings

This report updates Members on the progress of the pay negotiations for the financial year 2020/2021.

Discussion:       

Members considered a report on the progress of the pay negotiations for the financial year 2020/2021. The Assistant Director Transformation advised the Committee that the last opportunity to consider proposals ahead of the final determination of the pay award at Full Council on 20 February 2020.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the pay negotiations, as set out in Appendix 6 to the report.

Decision:

The Committee agreed to recommend to Full Council that:

a)     £639,931 is allocated for pay awards and that this is distributed as follows:

·         0.60% paid as a general cost of living increase;

·         0.40% paid in accordance with the performance arrangements

as detailed under MedPay.

b)     authority be delegated to the Head of Paid Service to agree the competency based awards for staff assessed under MedPay at Levels 1A, 1B and 2.

c)     that the level 3 apprentice salary be increased to £165 per week with effect from 1 April 2020.