The employers' side submission

The employers' evidence consists of an overview of their position on local government pay and related issues, followed by more detailed sections on each of the Commission's nine terms of reference.

What do you think?
Branches and members can email their comments on the employers' submission to UNISON's Local Government Pay Commission team at lgpaycom@unison.co.uk

The employers' side evidence argues that:

• the NJC system needs a radical change away from a "one size fits all" approach
• "Any attempts to impose national grades, or even prescriptive procedural arrangements, would serve to undermine (that) responsiveness."
• lowest pay rates have to conform to "the disciplines of the market"
• the Green Book "should be made still more flexible by setting a forward date for the abolition of its Part 3"
• two or three year national settlements should become the norm
• local pay structures should reward employee contribution through "fewer, broader pay bands to facilitate contribution pay, increase flexibility and reflect real levels of responsibility"
• there is "no need for national strikes in local government because both parties have unilateral access to binding arbitration".

You can download the complete employers' side submissions from their website:

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The trade union side has submitted to the pay commission a response to key themes from the employers' evidence.

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