1. HE pay 2019/20

2. HE Pay How is pay negotiated?
New JNCHES – constitution governing talks
UCEA – represents HE employers
5 Unions: UCU, UNISON, EIS, Unite, GMB
Joint union pay claim

3. Pay negotiation meetings
New JNCHES constitution provides up to three meetings: March, April, May
Can have two dispute meetings if no agreement reached

4. HE Pay How is the pay claim determined?
UNISON pay motion debated at HE conference January
Members vote on motions – becomes policy
5 unions need to agree on main points of claim
Joint pay claim submitted before first meeting

5. Unions’ Pay Claim 2019/20 Main elements:
RPI + 3%, or a minimum of £3,349
Foundation Living Wage
Eliminate the gender pay gap & the ethnic pay gap; impact of intersectionality on the pay gap.

6. Unions’ Pay Claim 2019/20 A maximum 35 hour working week for all
Scottish sub-committee of JNCHES
Workload and stress
Precarious working and outsourcing

7. The 2019/20 pay offer First offer = 1.3% ‘envelope for all elements’
Second offer = 2.5% up to SCP 8, 1.5% increase on SCP 13 and above.
Third offer = £400 up to SCP 8, 1.6% increase on SCP 16 and above

8. Final pay offer 2019/20 1.8% increase for all on SCP 17 up to SCP 51
3.65% increase for SCP 2 & 3 reducing to 1.82% SCP 16
Delete SCP 2 by April 2020

9. Final offer 2019/20
Limited joint work on gender pay gap and intersectionality
Limited joint work on casual contracts
Limited joint work on stress and workload
No substantial offer on Scottish meetings; no offer on 35 hour week

10. What does the pay claim mean to me?
Lowest pay point after April 2019: £9.17 on 35 hour week, £8.92 on 36 hour week, £8.68 on 37 hour week, Next slides show pay offer for SCP 2 – 20 hourly rate.

11. Final offer SCP 2- 20 2018-19 2019-20 (final offer) * Spine point
(final offer) *
Spine point
Salary
Hourly rate (35hr week)
%age
Increase
Hourly rate (36hr week)
Hourly rate (37hr week) 2
15,842
8.68
16,420
3.65
578
9.00
8.75
8.51 3
16,146
8.85
16,736
590
9.17
8.92 4
16,460
9.02
17,046
3.56
586
9.34
9.08
8.84 5
16,766
9.19
17,361
3.55
595
9.51
9.25 6
17,079
9.36
17,682
3.53
603
9.69
9.42 7
17,408
9.54
18,009
3.45
601
9.87
9.59 8
17,751
9.73
18,342
3.33
591
10.05
9.77 9
18,189
9.97
18,709
2.86
520
10.25
9.70 10
18,688
10.24
19,133
2.38
445
10.48
10.19
9.92 11
19,202
10.52
19,612
2.14
410
10.75
10.45
10.17 12
19,730
10.81
20,130
2.03
400
11.03
10.72
10.43 13
20,275
11.11
20,675
1.97
11.33
11.01 14
20,836
11.42
21,236
1.92
11.64
11.31 15
21,414
11.73
21,814
1.87
11.95
11.62 16
22,017
12.06
22,417
1.82
12.28
11.94 17
22,659
12.42
23,067
1.8
408
12.64
12.29
11.96 18
23,334
12.79
23,754
420
13.02
12.66
12.31 19
24,029
13.17
24,461
432
13.40
13.03
12.68 20
24,771
13.57
25,217
446
13.82
13.43
13.07

15. How much pay have I lost?
Employers say offer is in line with inflation at 1.8% (same as CPIH) Unions claim for pay to increase with RPI which is 2.5% You can find out how much your pay has declined in relation to RPI at our online pay loss calculator

16. UNISON’s HE map This map shows you:
How much your VC/s earned last year (England only),
If your university is Foundation Living Wage accredited
How many hours your university’s standard weekly contract is UNISON’s online HE map

17. Employers’ position
Employers set out current HE context from their perspective:
TPS – employers’ increase of 7.2% on wage bill
Augar report – what will UG fees be?
Brexit – what will EU fees be? Will EU students come over?
Demographic dip – fewer 18 year olds for next couple of years
Deficits – 47 universities in deficit 2017/18

18. What now? HE SGE met on 7 May
SGE recommends members vote to REJECT the offer in the consultation
Branch involvement in consultation is vital... Meetings, encourage voting, talking to colleagues...

19. Which members are included in the consultation?
All members working in universities in the UK where pay negotiation is carried out nationally, by UCEA, for support staff.

20. What are you being asked?
In brief, the offer is to: Increase pay by 1.8% for SCP 17 and above Increase pay by 3.65% from SCP 3 reducing to 1.82% for SCP 16 Delete SCP 2 by April 2020 The SGE recommendation is to reject the offer. If you vote to reject the offer you need to be prepared to take escalating and sustained industrial action. I ACCEPT the proposals I REJECT the proposals

21. Importance of voting We need a big turnout
Other unions will also consult members
We want to join with them to improve HE pay
Beat the Trade Union Act
We need you to vote, and to stand up for decent pay and decent jobs

22. How to vote – have your say
Members who have an address on RMS will receive an with a direct link to vote.
Others can go on to the UNISON website and follow the link
Details on how to vote will be UNISON’s website
Voting will take place between Wednesday 22 May and Monday 1 July
Vote to stand up for decent pay & decent jobs

23. What can we do? Need to start campaign now
Order campaign leaflets and posters from UNISON website.
Recruit colleagues – make sure they have their say – join by 17 June to have a vote
Update all membership details on MyUNISON or by calling UNISONDirect
Make sure everyone has a say on pay

24. How do we vote?
Check your s – vote using your link or
Go to unison.org.uk/payupnowforHE, follow link and verify using membership number or NI number
Remember this is a pay consultation and depending on the outcome you may then be asked to vote in a formal ballot (for which a ballot paper will be sent to your home address)

25. Any problems?
Ask your branch for your membership number if you’re not sure
Call UNISON Direct to update membership details

26. What can we do? Changing times – stronger union
Organise – make sure we are strong, reps ready and trained
Engage – talk to employers, respond to consultation, set the agenda
Recruit – make sure everyone joins – stronger together to defend HE jobs and pay

27. Stay in touch
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