NJC Pay Negotiations Latest

The NJC Employers’ Side met and agreed a pay offer for 2025 in response to our claim. The full offer letter is attached. The key points are:

• A 3.2% increase on all pay points
• Deletion of pay point 2 from April 2026
• Rejection of the elements of the claim on £15 an hour minimum, leave and hours

The offer is ‘full and final’, but there is some wording about the intention to negotiate properly in the next pay round, once a more stable funding settlement for local government has been achieved.

We have an NJC Committee meeting scheduled for 8 May, and UNISON colleagues will be working on a response to the employers offer.