16th March 2011, 06:41 PM
GPStone Wrote:Staff benefits = the adoption of spinal point pay scales
As a digger I'm not sure this is a benefit (although the other things you mention are). These are usually attached to local government SCP which the IfA also uses as its benchmark but between 2004-2010 the rise was below inflation in 5 of the 7 years (and was frozen last year). For the next two years there are also going to be pay freezes for all grades (despite Osbournes promise (lie) of ?250 for those earning below ?21K). That means no pay rises till 2013 at least.....
Sadie can correct me if I'm wrong but it wasn't that long ago (2007-8ish?) that MOLA(S) staff were a full year behind on their pay negotiations....