PGDS Members Voting on Pay Offer

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

Following a series of negotiations between Unite and PGDS, members are currently voting on the Pay Offer.

PGDS has offered a 2.5% pay pot for the 2016 pay review, plus an additional 0.5% pot which will be targeted to address roles where there are key skills that are crucial to PGDS going forward and where the loss of those skills would damage the service provided by PGDS. This will include where role holders find themselves lower in the pay range. We believe it would be unfair to address these from the main pay pot and agree a separate pot to deal with these issues makes sense.

PGDS have also stated, in line with what members asked, that all employees rated effective or higher would be eligible for an increase.

Steve O’Donnell, Senior Rep said “As part of the Unite Pay survey last November, the majority of respondents said that they wanted a pay increase between 2 – 3% and that any individual who performed to an acceptable level (i.e. rated effective or higher), regardless of where they sat in the salary range, should be eligible for an increase.

We believe that the offer is at the top end of deals reached in the Finance Sector and delivers what the majority of members who completed our survey said they were looking for as a settlement.”

As a result the negotiating team are recommending acceptance of the offer.

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Corporate Property Pay Ballot Open

Thursday, February 4th, 2016

Members in our Corporate Property bargaining are currently voting on the pay offer for the 2016 pay review.

The offer is a 3% pay pot and all employees who are rated “effective” and above our eligible for an increase.

Unite are recommending members accept the offer.

Senior Rep, Steve O’Donnell, said “In the Unite Pay Survey over 60% of members wanted a settlement between 2 – 3%. They also wanted everyone to be eligible providing they had met the minimum requirements of the role.  In previous years Corporate Property would exclude employees who were above the “pay range” from the process.  We believe this was contradictory to the people policy or driving high performance as there was no incentive to perform if you were over the “pay range”.

We are pleased that Corporate Property have recognised this and removed this eligibility criteria.”

The ballot closes midday on Friday 12th February.

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UKIO Members Vote to Accept Pay Offer

Friday, January 22nd, 2016

Members have voted to accept the UKIO Pay Offer following a ballot of Unite members in UKIO.

The offer was:-

• 3% Merit Pot – with agreed distribution guidelines for managers, which will result in individuals rated 3 or higher and who are within their salary range receiving a minimum 2% increase
• Minimum FTE Income of £17,117 (equivalent of London Living Wage) for employees regardless of location
• Budget of 0.5% for “out of cycle” increases

As part of the agreement a process that will enable members to find out exactly where they sit on their salary scale was agreed which is a step forward in Unite’s campaign for pay transparency.

It was also agreed that Unite and the business would  meet quarterly to discuss other items relating to terms and conditions that Unite and the Company want to table.

Unite have already asked for a review of the On-Call Allowances/Payments, an increase in the allowance for eye-tests and glasses and the introduction of a Carers Policy.

The first meeting will take place in April.

The result of the ballot was:-

Accept the offer               91%
Reject the offer                9%

Turnout                            47%

The increases will be effective from 1st April 2016

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Annual Pay Survey

Monday, November 9th, 2015

The Annual Prudential Pay Survey is currently open and closes at 5pm on Tuesday 10th November.

If you have not received a link to the Survey and you are a member of the Prudential Section please email Unite@prudential.co.uk

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PGDS Members Accept Revised Pay Offer

Friday, February 20th, 2015

PGDS members have voted to accept a revised offer from the Company for the 2015 Pay Review.

52% of members voted to reject the original offer of a 3% pay pot but with no guarantees or assurances on how the pot was to be distrbuted.

Further talks were held as members held firm on demanding a minimum 2% increase for those within the market median range and rated successful or higher.

During the talks the Company were able to provide Unite the guarantee members wanted which enabled a new ballot to take place.

In the new ballot 92% of members voted in favour of the new offer, 8% rejected with a 54% turnout.

Steve O’Donnell, Senior Rep stated “Unite members can no longer accept the concept of merit pots with no rules around how they are to be distributed.  The time has come for profitable organisations to guarantee employees that if they do their job they will be recieve a minimum increase negotiated by the union”.

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