FOI request (FOIR-657860526)

Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the following:

1.            Do you follow the NJC pay spine? YES/NO

2.            Do you follow NJC pay awards? YES/NO

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

4.     If you don’t follow NJC pay please provide the pay and grading structure used by your authority

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

6.     If you don’t follow NJC pay please provide this information for your workforce excluding school support staff.

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

7. 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 Q11

8. Which Foundation Living Wage rate have you adopted?

·       London - £13.15/hour

·       Outside London - £12.00/hour

·       Other (please specify rate) £...................

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

·       As a supplement

·       Integrated into your grading structure

·       Other (please specify) ....................

10. Are you an accredited Living Wage Foundation employer?       YES/NO

11. If you have not implemented the Foundation Living Wage, are you committed to doing so in the future?      YES/NO

12. If yes to Q11, when do you propose to implement it?     (enter date)_________________

13. What is your percentage gender pay gap?

·       Mean

·       Median

14. What is your percentage ethnicity pay gap?

·     Mean

·     Median

1. Do you follow the NJC pay spine?

Answer: Yes

2. Do you follow NJC pay awards? 

Answer: Yes

3. Please provide the pay and grading structure used by your authority for NJC workers, including any local extension of the pay spine. Attached for 2023, 2024

Answer: Information not held, pay award not yet implemented

4. If you don't follow NJC pay please provide the pay and grading structure used by your authority -

Answer: N/A

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

Answer: Please see attached 

Women Men Total Pay point Basic Pay rate per annum Full- time Headcount Part-time Headcount Part-time FTE Full-time Headcount Part- time Headcount Part-time FTE Headcount FTE Please use the Excel template attached to the email when responding to this question.

Answer: Please see attached 

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

Answer: Yes, but not accredited

8. Which Foundation Living Wage rate have you adopted?

Answer: Outside London - £12.00/hour ·

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

Answer: Integrated into your grading structure ·

10. Are you an accredited Living Wage Foundation employer?

Answer: No

11. If you have not implemented the Foundation Living Wage, are you committed to doing so in the future?

Answer: N/A

12. If yes to Q11, when do you propose to implement it? (enter date)

Answer: N/A

13. What is your percentage gender pay gap?

Answer:

• Mean 0%

• Median 3.8%

14. What is your percentage ethnicity pay gap?

Answer:

• Mean - Information not held

• Median - Information not held