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Pay deal: employers Branch scoops recruitment award

Leicestershire Police UNISON branch scooped
improve offer to staff the award for the Best Recruitment (Large)
Branch at the union’s Get Active regional
awards ceremony at the DoubleTree by
Hilton Nottingham - Gateway Hotel.
Police staff have been offered an improved l The lowest two pay points on the PSC The awards acknowledge the success of
pay deal, three months after unions pay scale will be deleted on the dates UNISON branches in the East Midlands
recommended that members reject a shown above. This will mean: region. Barbara McKenna, president of
previous offer and consider industrial l Staff on Pay Point 4 will move to Pay UNISON, presented the awards and gave a
action. Point 5 with effect from 1 September short speech.
After talks on 16 January 2018, the 2017 and to Pay Point 6 with effect
Police Employers Side set out the following: from 1 April 2018. This is a total
l An increase of one per cent on all pay consolidated pay rise over the year of
points on the Police Staff Coouncil (PSC) £993 which is worth 6.4 per cent to
pay spine backdated to 1 September staff on Pay Point 4. These staff will also
last year; get a one per cent non-consolidated
l A non-consolidated payment to the payment of £156.
value of one per cent of basic pay on all l Staff on Pay Point 5 will get a one per
pay points (using 2016/17 pay rates) cent increase in pay on 1 September
paid as a one-off lump sum; 2017 and also move to Pay Point 6 with
l An increase of one per cent to Standby effect from 1 April 2018. This is a total
Allowance from £29.17 to £29.46 also consolidated pay rise of £603 over the
backdated to 1 September; year which is worth 3.8 per cent. These
l The removal of Pay Point 4 (£15,486) as staff will also get a one per cent
non-consolidated payment of £159.
of 1 September 2017; The three trade unions on the PSC Trade ‘I try to do my best
l The removal of Pay Point 5 (£16,035) as
of 1 April 2018. Union Side will now consult to determine
The following elements of the offer their respective policies on the improved for people’
have been improved since the first offer offer and the Trade Union Side will then Pat Earnshaw became a
was made in October 2017: meet to agree the way forward. member of UNISON as soon
l The non-consolidated one per cent Further details will be available as soon as she joined Leicestershire
payment is offered as an up-front single as possible following these meetings. If you Police in 1998.
payment, rather than being paid out in have any questions on the offer, please She began in Force as a
12 monthly instalments. The payment direct these to the branch office or your communications officer and in
will be subject to tax, National union representative in the first instance. branch as a steward,
Insurance and pension deductions.
becoming branch chair – a
full-time union official role - in 2007.
“My membership with UNISON has helped
Council tax bills to increase me develop many skills to deal with individuals
at all levels of the organisation and I would tell
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“As a union steward and then as chair, I
Chief Constable Simon Cole has to look at cyber-crime, fraud, sexual have enjoyed supporting colleagues as they
welcomed the increase in the policing offences and modern slavery. That means have faced issues within the workplace. At
precept: “I am extremely pleased that Lord 76 officers more than we had expected. times, it has been challenging and it can be
Bach has developed proposals that will “In addition, we will gain four further quite draining on a mental, physical and
enable us to dedicate more effort and sexual offences investigators, and add a emotional level as often the people you are
resource in local, neighbourhood policing, positive action post to help us recruit a working with are dealing with some tough
and into tackling serious sexual offences workforce that ever more closely issues but, on the whole, I have thoroughly
and emerging crime types like cyber-crime. represents our diverse communities. We enjoyed my time with UNISON and I hope that
“He has done so with the support of will invest in middleware that helps our I have made a difference to members’ lives.
many hundreds of people who took part in mobile kit work more effectively and in “Over the years, the issues may have
a survey about the proposed rise in the mobile fingerprint ID technology too.” changed and developed but fundamentally my
amount of money local residents pay for The net revenue budget for policing in role has remained the same – trying to do the
policing, and with the full backing of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland best for people while also acknowledging that
Police and Crime Panel. 2018/19 has been set at £176.255 million it is always a case of balancing the needs of the
“The budget will enable us to replace which includes a contribution of £5.058m organisation as it adapts to changing times
52 officers as they retire that we would from reserves. The total amount paid with the needs of the individuals that enable it
otherwise have not been able to afford to towards policing by a Band D household to meet the needs of the communities we
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replace. We can also grow by 24 officers, will go from £187.23 in the current serve.”
with three going to each neighbourhood financial year to £199.23 in 2018/19.