Amicus Education Conference 29 June 2004

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Amicus Education Conference29 June 2004

• HE PAY MODERNISATION
• Peter Thorpe - UCEA

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Modernisation of HE Pay and Conditions

• National negotiations
• Framework Agreement overview
• Framework Agreement details
• Other issues

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National Negotiations

• Universities and Colleges Employers Association
  (UCEA)
• Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education
  Staff (JNCHES)

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Context for Framework Agreement

• Dearing and Bett reports
• 40 year old structures occupational silos
• 12 years since end of binary line
• Equal pay / equal value issues
• English White Paper challenges greater
  differentiation of HEIs and of pay
• HEIs threatening to break away from national
  arrangements
• Public sector pay reform
• Need to attract more funding from Government(s)

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Framework Agreement State of Play

• Major change 2½ years negotiations
• Support staff unions (Amicus, Unison, TGWU, GMB)
  agreed last autumn
• Academic staff unions (AUT, NATFHE, EIS) agreed
  in spring
• Implementation by August 2006
• Pay increases 2003 and 2004

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Framework Agreement Key Features

• Retains a national framework
• Replaces old structures and removes barriers
• Based on single 51-point pay spine
• Rooted in institution-wide job evaluation
• Provides a model grading structure, but offers
  variations/choice
• Provides career and pay progression for all
  staff, taking account of contribution and
  experience
• Facilitates use of market supplements
• Recommends harmonisation of working hours
• Builds a platform for joint development locally

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Framework Agreement Local Flexibility

• National principles
• Detail on job evaluation, grading, links with
  pay spine, pay progression to be determined
  locally
• Local detail to be developed in partnership with
  recognised trade unions
• A model grading structure but scope for
  variants and alternatives

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Framework Agreement - Grading

• Equal pay for work of equal value
• Job evaluation
• Common grading across staff groups
• Institutional objectives
• Present structures
• Appendix C model
• Library of academic role profiles
• Variants alternatives

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Framework Agreement Pay Progression

• Pay scales for all staff covered by national
  bargaining (NB manual staff)
• Experience/Service related progression
• Contributionrelated progression
• Balance determined locally
• Contractual entitlements
• Process and criteria for contribution-related
  progression JNCHES guidance

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Framework Agreement - Implementation

• Action plans by March 2004
• Introduction August 2004 August 2006
• Factors - job evaluation
• design of grading structure
• cost

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Framework Agreement Other Aspects

• Attraction and Retention Premia
• Harmonisation of working hours
• Staff development and review
• Equal opportunities and pay

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FixedTerm and Casual Employees

• EU Directive and 2002 Regulations
• JNCHES guidance 2002
• To be treated no less favourably
• Fixed-term contracts limited to 4 years unless
  justifiable objective reasons
• Redundancy and University statutes

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Harmonisation of Conditions

• Working hours
• Maternity leave/pay ( Paternity)
• Holiday entitlements
• Sick pay
• Grievance procedures
• Pensions