What
happens if the vote is NO
What will happen:
We will stay
on the National arrangements for the cost of living rise
They will
still amend the flex leave and revert back to 1 day in a 4 week period
They will
still be opening the offices between Christmas and the New Year
They will not
offer incremental progression
They will
still continue to replace the Casual Car Allowance
What might happen:
They might
discontinue the Partnership Payments
They might
remove Weekend Enhancement and Overtime rates for all staff
They might
not offer the 20% travel concession
They might
not increase the minimum wage for Oxford City Council employees
The current 2
Year agreement ends on 31st March 2013 so the Council can change any of the
items in this agreement from 1st April 2013.
National Pay Award
The government has capped Local Government pay increases
to 1% a year until at least 2015; this is to include all costs such as pension,
N.I etc.
The union is currently in talks with the local government
employers over pay for the 2013/14 round, and is calling for the employers to
give staff a decent pay rise. We will therefore be dependant on National
negotiators to make a deal for us, the Local Government Association are already
indicating that they can not afford any rise for this year, with many
Local Authorities less
organised and unable to budget for a cost of living rise it
is likely to be refused this year.
Flex Leave
The
arrangement for the 2 days flex leave in a 4 week period was negotiated and included
in the Local Collective Agreement from 1 April 2011; this was a 2 year deal
that comes to an end 31 March 2013. Therefore whatever the outcome of the
ballot it will stop on 1 April 2013.
If
there are any issues where the 2 days flex was used by you for Child Care etc
then you should be able to come to some other arrangement with your Manager,
this could be in the form of TOIL or flexible working, your manager should seek
advice from HR if they do not know what they can offer and you should seek advice
from your Steward or the Unison Office if you feel they have not taken into
account your request.
Opening offices
between Christmas and New Year
This
did not have to be part of this deal, the Council felt for transparency it
should be include it in this agreement. So if there is a NO vote on the ballot
they will still go ahead and open during this time. See 4.7 of the Leave Policy
and procedure
4.7 Council offices
close during the Christmas /New Year period for 3 designated days, unless your
Head of Service notifies you of different local arrangements. All employees are
required to set aside and book off 3 days (pro-rata for part-time employees) of
their overall annual leave entitlement (excluding bank/public holidays) unless
notified otherwise by your Head of Service. The three days of office closure
will be confirmed annually.
Incremental Progression
If there is a NO vote
for this agreement the Council will not be able to afford Increments for all
staff not at the top of the grade. The council will not be able to offer the
deal from this agreement unless we vote YES for it.
Casual Car Allowance
The arrangement to
replace most of the Casual Car Allowance with a pool car scheme is in the
current Local Collective agreement that ends 31 March 2013. Therefore the
Council will just continue with this arrangement
The Council will not
stop the Casual Car Allowance without first approaching those affected and
investigating whether a pool car scheme is viable for the work carried out.
Discontinuing the Partnership Payment
They may discontinue
the Partnership payments, unlikely though, the Council say there is evidence
that this payment encourages employees to have less sick
Removal of Weekend Enhancement and Overtime Rates for all
staff
If they remove these
rates of pay then people who are on 5 in 7 contracts and those who have to work
at the weekend as part of their job will only be paid at their flat rate. You
have to work weekends on a rota basis if you are on a 5 in 7 contract, if this
happens many people will lose about £1000 a year and most of these are some of
our lower paid workers.
20% travel concession
They do not have to
offer this to us
Minimum wage for Oxford City
They do not have to
offer this to us
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