22nd September 2012, 09:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 22nd September 2012, 10:11 AM by Noddy.)
I have to say I agree too. During the really good years 2004-2007/8 when site staff were in short supply and the best ones being poached by Irish units, market forces should have driven up wages. However IfA (and to a lesser extent BAJR) tracked local governement rises which, iirc, were typically about 2-3%, which was pretty poor at the time. The problem was that at the same time a lot of local government units had their staff regraded as part of Single Status reviews and I know that Albion and ASWYAS staff were all regraded up by a least one pay band. So those council units were at a disadvantage!
However the IfA (and BAJR before it) has ended the link with local government pay scales so it's going to be tough luck for those council units which can't afford to pay their staff at acceptable levels in future... They wont be able to maintain/gain RO status.
However the IfA (and BAJR before it) has ended the link with local government pay scales so it's going to be tough luck for those council units which can't afford to pay their staff at acceptable levels in future... They wont be able to maintain/gain RO status.