Following their rejection of the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association’s (UCEA’s) final pay offer, four of the five New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES) trades unions remain in dispute over the offer. As the formal dispute resolution procedure has been exhausted, UCEA has advised that institutions can now implement the pay offer.
The College’s national pay scales have therefore been uprated to incorporate a rise of 1% with effect from 1 August 2013 for those staff remaining on national non-clinical rather than local pay scales. Payment at the appropriate new rates will be made in December 2013 salaries and will be backdated to 1 August 2013.