We provide education specific hr services to enable schools, academies and colleges to manage daytoday and strategic hr matters effectively and confidently get in touch with the strictly education hr team to make a general enquiry or to find out more about the comprehensive. Procedure for reporting and managing sickness absence. Updated green book published by njc for local government. However, please note that unions and njc circulars have stated and.
The amendments reflect the statutory changes introduced under the maternity and. Sick pay and sick leave regulations for support staff. Salaries in shropshire council have been reduced, as part of changes by the council to staff terms and conditions of employment, except for those employees on the lowest pay levels, in two stages october 2011 and again in october 2012. I am only requesting information pertinent to the following clause, contained within section 10. Managing sickness absence model policy and procedures. The njc for local government services has 70 members. Njc national joint council for local government services. Coronavirus employment implications faqs for public sector. Local government services local government association. Local government terms and conditions green book local.
If this is the first time you have accessed the green book, it will be required that you create an account for the site. This includes information about statutory sick pay and occupational sick pay paid by the school under this policy. This njc pay claim for 202021 and accompanying submission is. Njc circular njc 220 annual leave retained duty system calculation of pay apr 6, 2020 circular njc circular njc 619 annual. Thursday 09 april 2020 a coronavirus is a type of virus. Pay and reward policy statement for all council staff 2017. For workers in local government and schools, pay and other terms and conditions are determined by a negotiating body. To be read in conjunction with the general information on the law on sick pay. A one day increase to the minimum paid annual leave entitlement set out in the green book. Document stpcd, conditions of service for school teachers in england and wales.
A two hour reduction in the standard working week as set out in the green. This agreement includes the full, current details of the national joint council njc for local government services. The national joint council represents local authorities in england, wales and. These include occupational sick pay, occupational maternity pay and annual leave entitlements. Under the njc green book sickness scheme an employee who is prevented from attending work because of contact with infectious disease is entitled to receive normal pay and the period of absence is not reckoned against the employees entitlements under the sickness scheme. However, this has not prevented the local government employers lge from attacking. Local government pay the national joint council njc. Tbh theres a lot of issues with how this is applied due to staff not being paid for 52 weeks per year but having their pay. National joint council for local government services. The national negotiators call upon their provincial and local counterparts to follow through the principle of singletable. The green book is very clear if you are unable to attend work due to an infectious disease you should receive your normal pay and this should not be counted as sickness absence.
In 1997, the njc for local government services agreed a national framework with potential for local modification to suit local service requirements. Local authorities or academy trusts with their own support staff terms and conditions may well have a similar. This contract is subject to the appropriate employment checks being successfully undertaken, for example disclosure and barring service and medical checks, along with evidence of any required qualifications and registrations held. Details of sick pay entitlement for teachers and support staff can be found at annex 1 and 2. Isolation for employees on njc green book terms and conditions. Authorities shall have discretion to extend the period of sick pay in exceptional cases.
Annex 1 sick pay entitlement for support staff employed on njc green book terms and. The njc agreement changes this arrangement for employees who have returned to local government service. However, this can vary between local authorities, which means it is not possible to be prescriptive about the rate of pay. The national joint council for the engineering construction industry njc is a partnership between trade unions and employers. Chief executives in england, wales and n ireland copies for the finance director and hr director members of the national joint council march 2019 dear chief executive, national agreement green book. Hertfordshire have their own sick pay and car mileage arrangements. Everyone on njc green book conditions working in councils, schools, academies and various other bodies. Please check the home page for latest news on pay claims, pay scales and pay campaigns. The njc trade unions have lodged the attached below 2020 pay claim with the. This page lists the current and previous pay rates. Staff on craft red book terms, staff on chief officer terms, or staffs coming.
Updates to the green book conditions of service document. The national employers, who negotiate pay on behalf of 350 local authorities in england, wales and northern. We have employees who are on 6 months sick pay and 6 months half pay, but cannot agree on how this works if someone is of continuously. The latest and historic pay rates of workers in the fire and rescue service in the uk. To urge all local authorities, recognised unions and employers to apply national agreements. This section provides information for youth, community and playworkers that are employed under the jnc pink book, the njc green book and soulbury. They have suggested that it would be helpful if the green book specified payment for basic pay grade only. The functions of the national joint council are as follows. An employee who is prevented from attending work because of contact with infectious disease shall be entitled to receive normal pay. To recommend a modification to the existing pay structure for staff employed under jnc terms and conditions green book.
The pay structure and conditions apply to all staff on njc and craft terms and conditions. We use cookies to collect information about how you use gov. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and improve government services. The employers side of the njc for local government services green book staff have today 28. Number of days lost through sickness per worker, 1993 to 2017, uk. The green book has been updated and we have issued a version showing all track. Known as the single status agreement, the green book covers the pay and conditions for 1. Additional information on the law on sick pay for local authority employers, including green book provisions and sick pay and the disability discrimination provisions of the equality act 2010.
The national pay spine will apply for posts on grades 1 to po 22 band 15. Continuous service the basic rules south east employers. The burgundy book contains different terms to the green book and section 4 paragraph 10 sets out some information re infectious diseases, specifically paragraph 10. Sick pay is a financial provision and not a provision that in any way indicates the amount. Any deductions will cease if the employee becomes subject to a notice period.
Corona virus advice from the branch unison west sussex. Hi, we have taken in a tupe team of staff who are on the national joint council collective agreement sick pay scheme. Green book and the njc pay arrangements for all support staff, including post. The njc is made up of representatives from unison and other trade unions and the employers. This particular coronavirus now has the formal title covid19. Tbh theres a lot of issues with how this is applied due to staff not being paid for 52 weeks per year but having their pay spread across the whole year, so their day rate is skewed. Trade union side of the national joint council for local. Pay offer is a twoyear pay deal from 1st april 2018 to 31st march 2020. Support staff in schools employed under green book terms and conditions are entitled to receive normal pay when prevented from attending work because of contact with an infectious disease. The green book, which applies to all support staff working in schools, has been updated to reflect the changes introduced since the existing 2005 version was published.
The njc for local government services pay and conditions document the green book sets out some occupational entitlements or benefits where previous continuous local government service is taken into consideration. National agreement the njceci national joint council. A two hour reduction in the standard working week as set out in the green book. Local arrangements njc part 3 provisions bolton council. This policy and procedure covers staff on njc, soulbury, jnc terms and conditions and.
Njc circ coronavirus 06mar20 local government association. Please confirm between 01 january 2010 to 31 august 2017. Also known as the single status agreement, the book covers the pay and conditions for local authority employees. Updated green book published by njc for local government services. Continuous service arrangement for employees transferring. The constitution of the new njc is attached as an appendix to part 1 of the green book. It is intended in due course to issue further guidance relating to sickness and maternity, maternity support, adoption, parental and shared parental leave and pay for termtime only employees. The green book is a national agreement negotiated between the local government association and the trade unions. Typical symptoms of coronavirus include fever and a cough that may progress to a severe pneumonia causing shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. Updated edition we are pleased to inform you that the national joint council for local government services. Should you have any questions regarding whether a provision within the njc terms and conditions applies, please contact a member of the office of human resources hr advisory team.
Green book njc terms and conditions and should be read in conjunction with the green book which is the authoritative document on terms and conditions for the local government. To negotiate collective agreements on pay and conditions and any other related matters that the two sides of the national joint council agree to negotiate on. Modification to njc green book pay structure purpose of the report. A uk wide public information campaign has been launched to advise the public on how to slow the spread of coronavirus and reduce the impact on nhs services. Chief executives in england, wales and n ireland copies for hr and finance directors members of the national joint council 14 december 2016 dear chief executive, national agreement green book. Green book sickness scheme tto general hr in schools. Pay and reward booklet 2015 1 of 27 pay and reward booklet updated october 2015.
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