NJC pay award 2023 help!

Arctangent

Earlier this month the Union's agreed with the government the following...

"Local government trade unions have accepted the national employers' 2023 pay offer, which equates to a 9.42% pay rise for the lowest-paid workers. Council employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive a flat-rate pay rise of £1,925, which will be backdated to 1 April 2023."

I work for a non-maintained special school who follow the NJC pay scale. Below is an excerpt from my organisation with regard to the pay award.

"All staff paid on the NJC pay spine will initially be awarded 50% of the national pay award back dated to April 2023. Due to the significant workload of calculating back pay on basic salary and overtime for over 200 staff it will be included within your salary on the 25th January 2024."

"The Executive and Governors are committed to quarterly review of this decision with the aim of achieving the full award when it is responsible and sustainable for the organisation to do so. This will include consideration that if performing with an improved budget that we reinstate and also potentially back date the remaining proportion of the pay award. In our current financial modelling for the 2024-25 year an assumption has been made that we have returned to a full award."

Where do we stand with this? I would have presumed that the organisation is obligated to adhere to the agreed-upon pay scales and conditions set out in such agreements.

I'm also concerned that there is only a consideration to back date the remaining portion.

Can anyone offer any advice or hs anyone experienced anything similar.

Thanks

Andy_L

What does the contact actually say about following the NJC pay scale?

Arctangent

it then goes on to specify the spine point etc.

Savvy_Sue

What does your union say about their proposal? 

Arctangent

Waiting on a response from my Union.