Public sector staff set for 1 per cent pay rise
Employees in the public sector are to receive a 1 per cent pay rise this April, the government has announced.
The Treasury said it had approved the wage increase following submissions from a raft of public sector pay review bodies.
The pay boost – following a two-year public sector pay freeze – will cover 1 million NHS workers, 169,000 doctors and dentists, 170,000 armed forces personnel and 31,000 prison offices.
Also included will be 3,600 senior civil servants and 2,200 members of the judiciary.
The pay rise will not apply to local government staff and police officers, who are not represented by pay review bodies.
The teachers’ pay review body is also yet to report back to the government, as any salary change would coincide with the academic year.
The news of a 1 per cent pay rise for a large portion of the public sector has received polarised responses from trade unions and employer groups.
Unite labelled the pay pledge “woefully inadequate”, while Unison said high inflation meant that NHS wages had dropped 12 per cent in real terms since the pay freeze was imposed.
“Freezing and squeezing pay is crushing morale and heaping financial misery on more than a million NHS workers,” said Christina McAnea, Unison’s head of health.
“At the same time, the NHS is going through a massive reorganisation and staff are dealing with job cuts, rationing and ever increasing patient numbers.”
But the NHS Employers organisation described the pay rise as “further unnecessary financial pressure”, adding that it would cost the health service £500 million.
“I fully recognise that some staff are anxious about their income, and employers want to do everything they can to support them and build morale,” said Dean Royles, chief executive of NHS Employers.
“But employers’ biggest priorities are maintaining and improving quality patient care and staff job security, both of which depend on sustainable pay bills.”
mukesh kumar
pgdm 2nd sem
The Treasury said it had approved the wage increase following submissions from a raft of public sector pay review bodies.
The pay boost – following a two-year public sector pay freeze – will cover 1 million NHS workers, 169,000 doctors and dentists, 170,000 armed forces personnel and 31,000 prison offices.
Also included will be 3,600 senior civil servants and 2,200 members of the judiciary.
The pay rise will not apply to local government staff and police officers, who are not represented by pay review bodies.
The teachers’ pay review body is also yet to report back to the government, as any salary change would coincide with the academic year.
The news of a 1 per cent pay rise for a large portion of the public sector has received polarised responses from trade unions and employer groups.
Unite labelled the pay pledge “woefully inadequate”, while Unison said high inflation meant that NHS wages had dropped 12 per cent in real terms since the pay freeze was imposed.
“Freezing and squeezing pay is crushing morale and heaping financial misery on more than a million NHS workers,” said Christina McAnea, Unison’s head of health.
“At the same time, the NHS is going through a massive reorganisation and staff are dealing with job cuts, rationing and ever increasing patient numbers.”
But the NHS Employers organisation described the pay rise as “further unnecessary financial pressure”, adding that it would cost the health service £500 million.
“I fully recognise that some staff are anxious about their income, and employers want to do everything they can to support them and build morale,” said Dean Royles, chief executive of NHS Employers.
“But employers’ biggest priorities are maintaining and improving quality patient care and staff job security, both of which depend on sustainable pay bills.”
mukesh kumar
pgdm 2nd sem
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