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    • FOI request (FOIR-466336958)

      Pay and grading structure

      Requested Fri 18 November 2022
      Responded Thu 08 December 2022

      I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you provide the information requested in this letter as set out on the following pages. Attached to this email you will find an Excel spreadsheet that can be completed to provide the data requested in question two below.

      1. Please provide the pay and grading structure used by your authority for NJC workers only, including any local extension of the pay spine.

      2. Please provide the basic pay and gender distribution of NJC workers only employed by your local authority for each pay point you use, including any local extension of the pay spine. Please do not include school support staff.

      Please use the Excel template attached to the email when responding to this question.

      3. Has your authority adopted/followed the Living Wage rate as set by the Living Wage Foundation?

      · YES/NO

      If YES go to Q4, if NO go to Q7.

      4. Which Foundation Living Wage rate have you adopted?

      · London - £11.05/hour

      · Outside London - £9.90/hour

      · Other (please specify rate) £

      5. How are you implementing the Foundation Living Wage rate?

      · As a supplement

      · Integrated into your grading structure

      · Other (please specify)

      6. Are you an accredited Living Wage Foundation employer?

      7. If you have not implemented the Foundation Living Wage, are you firmly committed to doing so?

      · YES/NO

      8. If YES to Q7, will you implement it in 2022/23?

      · YES/NO

      9. What is your percentage gender pay gap?

      · Mean

      · Median

      10. What is your percentage ethnicity pay gap?

      · Mean

      · Median


      Response

      Q1 - Please see attached document

      Q2 - Please see attached document

      Q3 - Hastings Borough Council uses the national living wage as set out on the Gov.uk web site. For information, our current rates are above the foundation rates for outer London.

      Q4 - N/A

      Q5 - N/A

      Q6 - N/A

      Q7 - Information not held

      Q8 - N/A

      Q9 - Mean 1.41%, Median 0%

      Q10 - Information not held

      Attachments

      • FOIR-466336958_FOIR-466336958_1-FOIR-466336958__25-11-22_final.xlsx
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