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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Council and trade unions have been working to achieve a single pay structure
and harmonised terms and conditions of employment for London Borough of
Redbridge employees within the scope of this Agreement. The Agreement reflects
the Council’s and trade unions’ joint commitment to the achievement of fair,
modern, affordable and non-discriminatory reward practices, and to provide the
flexibility to review these terms and conditions in the future, in order to help meet
future service delivery requirements.
1.2 The Parties acknowledge that the Agreement is a collective agreement for the
purpose of sections 178 and 179 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations
(Consolidation) Act 1992. The Parties intend that the Agreement shall form a
legally enforceable contract and shall be incorporated into the terms and
conditions of employment of all employees within its scope.
1.3 Where the provisions of this Agreement vary, change or remove existing terms and
conditions, those existing terms and any previous council and/or service
agreements are superseded. Otherwise, conditions remain unchanged.
2.3 For employees of schools where the Council is not the employer, the Governing
Body or other authorised body (e.g. Diocese) will determine whether to implement
these provisions within their establishment.
3.1 This local agreement (“the Agreement”) is made between (1) the London Borough
of Redbridge (“the Council”) and (2) the three signatory trade unions (“the unions”)
recognised for collective bargaining purposes. The Council and the unions shall
together be referred to as “the Parties”.
3.2 The unions referred to at clause 1 above are UNISON, GMB and UNITE.
4.1 The ‘Effective Date’ is the date to which certain elements of the Agreement are
backdated. The Effective Date of the Agreement is 1 April 2010. The Effective Date
is applied to all grading changes as a result of single status and changes to basic
pay only, except where specified elsewhere.
4.2 The ‘Implementation Date’ (TBC by full Council), is the date the changes within
the agreement will be undertaken. The Implementation Date will be used for all
other changes to terms and conditions of employment (including allowances and
enhancements whether based on basic pay or not).
This ensures no employees will receive a backdated reduction in allowances
and enhancements which have already been paid in accordance with
arrangements in place prior to this Agreement.
Where an employee receives a change in basic pay backdated to the Effective
Date, this will not be applied to the allowances and enhancements already
received during that period up until the Implementation Date.
4.3 The ‘Agreement Date’ is the date the Agreement is signed by the parties.
All manual jobs and craftworkers’ jobs, a sample of APT&C jobs and all schools
based jobs have been job evaluated using the GLPC scheme.
5.1.2 All jobs evaluated under the scheme will move to the respective grade (see section
5.2) and to the appropriate spinal column point (SCP) (in accordance with the
assimilation or protection arrangements – see section 5.3 and 5.4).
5.1.3 It is agreed that the Effective Date of 1 April 2010 will be the point of change to
grade for all former manual jobs; all schools non-teaching support staff; all APT&C
jobs up to and including Scale 5; and all posts within the scope of this review on
grades outside the APT&C structure, such as those that have not previously been
evaluated under the Greater London Whitley Council (GLWC) scheme (e.g. social
work and residential staff) and those staff who are currently receiving protection.
5.1.4 As other jobs above Scale 5 have been previously evaluated under the GLWC job
evaluation scheme> The ranking and grade of these jobs is not expected to
change significantly with the change of job evaluation scheme. All remaining jobs
above Scale 5 will be evaluated under the GLPC scheme as required in the normal
course of events and by no later than December 2015. The effective date of any
change in grade arising from the job evaluation of such jobs will be in line with the
date that the evaluation of the role is confirmed.
5.1.5 A ‘Grading Review Procedure’ for employees to request a review of their job
evaluation outcome is given in Annex 1.
5.2.3 This replaces the transitional arrangements in Part 3 Appendix 1 of the Green Book
(Purple Book paragraphs 25, 26, 27, 28 + yellow pages for day nurseries and
Manual Handbook section 2 (A), (B), (C), (D)).
5.2.4 The existing APT&C grade names are replaced with a local grade naming system.
Annex 2 details the current APT&C grading structure and the proposed grading
structure.
5.2.5 Following extensive pay modelling and affordability analysis of the overall
package, a job evaluation points to grading relationship has been agreed. The
detail of the grade breaks is contained within Annex 2.
5.3.2 Any employee whose new basic pay is less upon assimilation will be entitled to
protection arrangements as detailed in the salary protection section.
5.4.2 For the purposes of the implementation of Single Status, the provision in the 3Rs
policy will be applied from the Implementation Date, rather than the Effective Date
of the change. All employees receiving basic pay protection will therefore have
already additionally received protection on pay from the Effective Date until the
Implementation Date.
5.4.3 Where employees are already in receipt of other pay protection arrangements, it is
proposed that these arrangements are terminated and replaced in accordance
with 5.4.1 and 5.4.2.
5.6.2 The Council also commits to ensure that all career grade progression schemes are
reviewed and to ensure they are not restricted to particular groups by 2013.
Guidance on career grades will be provided in due course.
5.7.2 In such cases, the Council’s Market Factors Supplement policy will apply. Market
Factor Supplements will only be payable where necessary conditions are
demonstrated. The principles will be outlined in the Market Factors Supplement
policy, which will detail the responsibility and process involved (Note: these will be
based on the principles contained in the Single Status Discussion Document July
2010).
5.7.3 As part of the introduction of Single Status and the pay and grading review, it is
proposed that all existing market supplements will be reviewed, as is current
practice.
As part of Single Status the Council proposes to standardise a range of the Terms
and Conditions of employment.
6.1.2 Arrangements for schools based employees and those who work term time only
will be calculated in accordance with Annex 3.
6.1.3 Nursery Nurses: Part 3, Appendix 2, Section 2 of the Green Book will no longer
apply. The harmonisation of the standard working week and the standard working
year includes nursery employees. This Agreement replaces Part 3 Appendix 2
section 2 of the Green Book.
The protected conditions of service relating to the Ancillary Review and 1999
Agreements will cease
The full-time working week for all employees will be deemed to be 36 hours,
with staff working less than 36 hours having their hours expressed as part-time
and as a proportion of 36 hours.
A nursery nurse will no longer be regarded as being full time if they work 32.5
hours a week for 195 days a year.
6.1.4 In order to mitigate the impact on employees of these changes the following will
apply as appropriate:
Employees affected by this change should be offered additional hours (up to a
maximum of 36 hours) in order to maintain their full time equivalent (FTE)
hours, and therefore their overall rate of pay.
Where an employee chooses not to accept these additional hours and remains
on existing hours, their salary will be adjusted to the pro-rata equivalent.
In accordance with Part 3, paragraphs 2.3 to 2.5 of the Green book, it is proposed
that premium rates will be paid as outlined in the following section.
7.1.1 Allowances and enhancements will only be paid where they can be objectively
justified and continue to address business and service need. All such allowances
and enhancements should be regularly monitored and reviewed.
7.1.2 All allowances and enhancements will be based on basic pay less the included
amount for London Weighting.
7.1.3 Part-time workers regulations mean that part-time workers should not be treated
less favourably than full-time workers. In practice this means that they should be
entitled to enhancements during additional hours and not be entitled to overtime
hours rates until they have worked full-time equivalent hours. The following table
outlines the terminology used for the hours:
36hrs
Full-time Contracted Hours Overtime Hours
worker (Enhancements) (Overtime)
Part-time Contracted Hours Additional Hours Overtime Hours
worker (Enhancement) (Enhancement) (Overtime)
7.2.4 Irregular hours / Unsocial hours: Allowance payments for irregular hours or
unsocial hours will be discontinued.
7.3.1 Where an employee is required to work in excess of 36 hours per week, a flexible
approach should always be taken where possible. This may include the using of
flexible working time practices or offering time off in lieu.
7.3.3 Overtime Enhancements will be payable for Overtime Hours in accordance with
the allowances and enhancements policy. Overtime enhancements are payable to:
Up to and including Grade LBR 6 (SCP28):
o Monday to Saturday Overtime
o Sunday & Public/Bank Holiday Overtime
From Grade LBR 7 (SCP29) to Grade LBR 15 (SCP52):
o Agreed GLPC Planned Overtime Rates
From Grade LBR 15 (SCP53 )and above:
o Plain time overtime rates.
7.3.4 When employees work overtime hours neither the weekend enhancement nor the
night enhancement are paid in addition to the overtime hours enhancement.
7.4.2 Two forms of shift allowance are agreed - Alternating Shifts and Rotating Shifts.
7.4.3 Split shift or split duty arrangements shall not attract payment. Existing split
shift/split duty payments will be ceased.
7.4.4 In summary, shift allowances will be payable where the following conditions are
met:
The total period covered by the shifts is 11 hours or more a day;
There are at least four hours between the starting times of the earliest and
latest shifts;
Not more than 50% of the shifts are worked during normal working hours
(8am-6pm); and
The shift pattern is consistent across at least five days a week all year round.
7.4.5 When employees work shifts the night enhancement is not paid in addition to the
shift allowance.
7.4.6 The Council will continue to pay weekend enhancements and shift allowance
where appropriate.
7.4.7 Full details regarding shift allowances are provided in the allowances and
enhancements policy.
7.5.2 Overtime arrangements will apply for any time spent by an employee carrying out
work duties [during a standby session], including travelling time to attend an
emergency. This replaces the transitional provision in Part 3 Appendix 1 of the
Green Book on standby allowances.
7.5.3 Standby Duty Allowance payments for Social Workers will be withdrawn and these
employees will be paid the same standby allowances paid to all other employees
as outlined above in section 7.5.2. This replaces the transitional provision in Part 3,
Appendix 1 of the Green Book.
7.6.2 It is proposed that should the updating of the Sleeping in Allowance amounts in
the National Circulars be withdrawn, this allowance will be reviewed locally and
agreement will be sought locally on a mechanism for updating payments where
necessary.
Allowance Name
Community Charge Compensation
Clothing Allowance
Laundry Allowance
London Allowance
London Excess
School Holiday Retainer
(currently retained under Part 3 Appendix 2 section 1c of the Green Book)
Telephone Allowance
Telephone Rental
Travel Non residential caretaker
Uniform Allowance
7.11.1 Although many people will gain as a result of Single Status, the Council recognises
there are some employees that will experience an overall loss in take home pay
because of the changes to allowances.
7.11.2 To mitigate the loss experienced through the removal or reduction of these
allowances and enhancements (excluding bonus payments), the Council will
provide a one-off, unconsolidated payment to any employee who is not gaining
overall as a result of Single Status changes.
7.11.3 The value of the one-off unconsolidated payment will be calculated on the basis of
the pound (£) loss as well as the proportion this represents of the total pay
received by that employee. Suitable percentages of the allowance loss will be paid
subject to limits relating to the £ loss and proportion loss.
NB These payments will not cover loss in pay, which is addressed by the Salary
Protection section.
8 BONUS SCHEMES
8.1 All existing bonus type schemes and payments to former manual workers and craft
employees under such schemes will cease to be paid.
8.3 Existing bonus type payments will be withdrawn from the Effective Date and any
overpayment of bonus as at the Implementation Date will be recovered from any
arrears of basic pay due. In any instances where bonus payments exceed arrears of
basic pay due, it is proposed that the balance should not be recovered from
affected employees.
9 PENSION ARRANGEMENTS
9.1 The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) regulations provide the basis for
the calculation of pensionable pay for pension benefit purposes. A member of the
LGPS whose pensionable earnings are reduced as a result of this Agreement will
have their scheme benefit calculated in accordance with the provisions for dealing
with these circumstances included within the regulations.
10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
10.1 Renewal of driving licence: Part 2, paragraph 13.3 of the Green Book
11 Equality Impact
11.1 The Council is committed to equality in employment. The Council will regularly
monitor the equality impact of the areas covered within this agreement in line with
changing legislation and case law, to ensure that any potential areas of difficulty
are identified at an early stage and to make appropriate changes.
12.1 The Council will monitor the implementation of this Agreement, particularly in
relation to compliance, affordability, effectiveness, and practicality.
12.2 Thereafter, ongoing monitoring and review of the associated policy and practice
will be undertaken. Any amendments required will be discussed with the Trades
Unions and considered as part of a separate policy.
13 FORMAL AGREEMENT
13.1 The following signatories, as parties to this agreement, agree in good faith to
accept the content of this agreement on behalf of the London Borough of
Redbridge and its employees.
Date: Date:
on behalf of London Borough of XXX on behalf of GMB
Redbridge
Date: Date:
XXX on behalf of UNISON XXX on behalf of UNITE
The table below details the former APT&C grading structure and the agreed
grading structure and job evaluation point to grading relationship.