- Conference
- 2018 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 11 May 2018
- Decision
- Carried
Police Staff in England and Wales were frustrated by the amount of time the 2017 pay negotiations took to be resolved. The very small gains that were known in January 2018 were consulted upon in February 2018. These small concessions were largely lost due to the amount of time it took to consult with our committees, members and fellow unions.
This overly bureaucratic and seemingly unnecessary drawn out consultation, has greatly angered our members and been the source of great frustration.
This Conference instructs the Service Group Executive to review the consultation and negotiation process for the 2017 pay award and in doing so seek to:
1)Introduce where possible, a system that embraces the use of electronic communication for the purpose of consultation in a timely fashion with the Police Staff Sector committee, negating the need for face to face meetings;
2)Agree a defined timetable with Unite and GMB that is timely and reasonable for the purpose of maintaining a unified consultation ballot and system of reporting outcomes expeditiously.