The National Employers have agreed to make the following one-year (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023), final offer to the unions representing the main local government National Joint Council (NJC) workforce:
- with effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of £1,925 on all NJC pay points 1 and above
- with effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of 4.04 per cent on all allowances (as listed in the 2021 NJC pay agreement circular dated 28 February 2022)
- with effect from 1 April 2023, an increase of one day to all employees’ annual leave entitlement
- with effect from 1 April 2023, the deletion of pay point 1 from the NJC pay spine
This offer would achieve a bottom rate of pay of £10.50 with effect from 1 April 2022 (which equates to a pay increase of 10.50 per cent for employees on pay point 1); everyone on the NJC pay spine would receive aminimum 4.04 per cent pay increase; and the deletion of pay point 1 on 1 April 2023, would increase the bottom rate to £10.60 (providing 10p headroom above the current upper end forecast for the NLW on that date), pending agreement being reached on a 2023 pay award.
UNISON’s consultation will run from 15 August to 19 September, and it will be neutral on whether the offer should be accepted or rejected.
GMB will remain neutral on whether the offer should be accepted or rejected, and its consultation will start on 22 August and run to 21 October.
Unite will be consulting its members with a recommendation that the offer should be rejected, and its consultation will run from the end of August to 14 October.
We will continue to keep you updated.