Council pay and grading structure
Case reference FOI2022/01656
Published 12 December 2022
Request
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the following information from 1 April 2022 to present:
1. Please provide the pay and grading structure used by your authority for NJC workers only, including any local extension of the pay spine.
2. Please provide the basic pay and gender distribution of NJC workers only employed by your local authority for each pay point you use, including any local extension of the pay spine, as below: Please do not include school support staff. Female Male Total Pay point Basic Pay rate per annum Full- time head count Part- time head count Part- time FTE Full- time head count Part- time head count Part- time FTE Headcount FTE Please use the Excel template attached to the email when responding to this question.
3. Has your authority adopted/followed the Living Wage rate as set by the Living Wage Foundation? · YES/NO If YES go to Q4, if NO go to Q7
4. Which Foundation Living Wage rate have you adopted? · London - £11.05/hour · Outside London - £9.90/hour · Other (please specify rate) £
5. How are you implementing the Foundation Living Wage rate? · As a supplement · Integrated into your grading structure · Other (please specify)
6. Are you an accredited Living Wage Foundation employer?
7. If you have not implemented the Foundation Living Wage, are you firmly committed to doing so? · YES/NO
8. If yes to Q7 will you implement it in 2022/23? · YES/NO
9. What is your percentage gender pay gap? • Mean • Median
10. What is your percentage ethnicity pay gap? • Mean • Median
Response
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the following information from 1 April 2022 to present:
1. Please provide the pay and grading structure used by your authority for NJC workers only, including any local extension of the pay spine.
A: See attached
2. Please provide the basic pay and gender distribution of NJC workers only employed by your local authority for each pay point you use, including any local extension of the pay spine, as below: Please do not include school support staff.
A: See attached
3. Has your authority adopted/followed the Living Wage rate as set by the Living Wage Foundation?
A: NO
If YES go to Q4, if NO go to Q7
4. Which Foundation Living Wage rate have you adopted?
· London - £11.05/hour
· Outside London - £9.90/hour
· Other (please specify rate) £
5. How are you implementing the Foundation Living Wage rate?
· As a supplement
· Integrated into your grading structure
· Other (please specify)
6. Are you an accredited Living Wage Foundation employer?
7. If you have not implemented the Foundation Living Wage, are you firmly committed to doing so?
A: This is being discussed.
8. If yes to Q7 will you implement it in 2022/23?
A: Not able to comment at this point.
9. What is your percentage gender pay gap?
• Mean
• Median
A: Please refer to the attached "Equality in Employment" document for our most recent numbers which is available on our website.
10. What is your percentage ethnicity pay gap?
• Mean
• Median
A: Please refer to the attached "Equality in Employment" document for our most recent numbers which is available on our website.
Documents
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