Higher Education Pay Update

(20/01/11) Details of the higher education pay settlement for 2011/12 and revised pay spine.

Pay Consultation in Higher Education Result

(16/12/2011)Further to circular HE 27/11 the result of the pay consultation was that a significant majority of branches agreed to note the offer. UNISON will be writing to the university employers to confirm our position.

 

We expect that all HE unions will be in a position to accept or note the offer early in the new year and that universities will be able to pay the award in the January pay roll. Details of the full settlement will be sent in the new year.

 

We are aware that members will be disappointed with the pay award this year, particularly in light of the continued increases in the cost of living.

 

We will be shortly be working with other unions to draft a claim for the 2012/13 and are determined to campaign for a decent increase for staff in universities that recognises their contribution and matches the increases in the cost of living

Pay Consultation in Higher Education

Below are links which provide details of the final national pay offer from the employers’ organisation the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) for 2011/12. The offer is for a consolidated increase of £150 on all pay points. The increase would be effective from 1 August 2011. Also attached is a briefing for members on the background to the offer and a branch response form.

 

As you may be aware UNISON has been in dispute with the employers concerning this year’s offer. We have held a series of meetings with the employers and unfortunately there has been no substantive movement from the employers.

Higher Education Pay Latest

(03/08/2011)Following the national pay negotiations meeting on 11 July the Higher Education Service Group Executive (HESGE) met last week to consider their response to the consolidated offer of a £150 lump sum increase on all pay points made by the higher education employers.

Higher Education Pay Bulletin 2011

(12/07/2011)The latest pay bulletin can be downloaded from the link below which gives an update on the recent higher education pay talks. Please distribute this to members. The University and Colleges Employer’s Association (UCEA) made a final offer of £150 on all pay scale points. The UNISON negotiating team expressed their disappointment at the offer and said that it failed to meet our members’ expectations on pay.A special meeting of the Higher Education Service Group is being convened shortly to consider the UNISON response to the offer and to consider what further action to take.

Reports from Working Groups

Pay Update 2010/11

A meeting of the New JNCHES Committee was held on 20 January 2011. It was reported to the meeting that following UNISON's decision to accept the 2010/11 pay offer in October 2010, Unite and GMB also reported that they had accepted the offer.

Pay and Funding Update

(10/01/2011) The circular below provides information on the latest position regarding pay negotiations and funding in England and Scotland.

Pay and Funding Update

Model Response to Changes to Universities Superannuation Scheme

(06/12/2010)Please find below a link to a model response that branches can use in the consultation on proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

Pay Consultation Result

(22/10/2010)The pay consultation results for this year reveal that 79.5% of members voted in favour of accepting the offer. This year 49 branches voted to accept whilst six voted to reject, on a 31% turnout. Accompanying feedback suggested that whilst members thought that the 0.4% offer was very poor; their main priority is the protection of jobs and services.

At the start of this month UNISON’s national Higher Education Service Group Executive (HESGE) agreed to hold back our consultation results to allow further discussions to take place with the national employers at ACAS. Unfortunately these talks made no progress on pay and the employers remain adamant that there is no more money available. Indeed they suggested that if all unions rejected the offer then they expected pressure from their members to withdraw the current offer, in the light of recent funding cuts. The HESGE met on the 21st October to discuss the results of the consultation and decided that the clear result meant that the offer should be accepted and to inform the employers accordingly. The HESGE also noted that whilst UNISON members have indicated that they are ready to settle that other unions are still involved in disputes or internal consultations and we will aim to work together and avoid potential divisions the best we can over the coming period. The HESGE has also made it clear that we will continue to press for a national intervention around cuts to jobs and services