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NATIONAL JOINT COUNCIL FORLOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICESNATIONAL AGREEMENT ONPAY AND conditions OF SERVICEE mployers Secretary: Mike WalkerTrade Union Side Secretaries:Peter Allenson, TGWUA ddress for correspondence:Brian Strutton, GMBE mployers Organisation for local government, Heather Wakefield, UNISONL ayden House,76-86 Turnmill StreetAddress for correspondence:London EC1M 5LG1 Mabledon PlacePhone: 020 7296 6600 London WC1H 9 AJFax: 020 7296 6739 Phone: 0845 3550845 Fax: 020 7551 1195 FIRST EDITION JULY 1997(Updated August 1998)(Updated September 1999)(Updated July 2000)(Updated September 2001)(Updated May 2003)(Updated June 2005)iImplementation AGREEMENT 1997 Implementation AGREEMENT 2004 AnnexAssimilation TablePart 1 PrinciplesAnnex ConstitutionPart 2 Key NATIONAL Provisions1 Equalities.

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1 NATIONAL JOINT COUNCIL FORLOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICESNATIONAL AGREEMENT ONPAY AND conditions OF SERVICEE mployers Secretary: Mike WalkerTrade Union Side Secretaries:Peter Allenson, TGWUA ddress for correspondence:Brian Strutton, GMBE mployers Organisation for local government, Heather Wakefield, UNISONL ayden House,76-86 Turnmill StreetAddress for correspondence:London EC1M 5LG1 Mabledon PlacePhone: 020 7296 6600 London WC1H 9 AJFax: 020 7296 6739 Phone: 0845 3550845 Fax: 020 7551 1195 FIRST EDITION JULY 1997(Updated August 1998)(Updated September 1999)(Updated July 2000)(Updated September 2001)(Updated May 2003)(Updated June 2005)iImplementation AGREEMENT 1997 Implementation AGREEMENT 2004 AnnexAssimilation TablePart 1 PrinciplesAnnex ConstitutionPart 2 Key NATIONAL Provisions1 Equalities.

2 22 Official Conduct ..23 Training and Development ..24 Health, Safety and Welfare ..35 Pay and Grading ..36 Working Time .. Time Allowances ..1313 Reimbursement of Service ..1315 Period of Notice to Terminate Employment ..1416 Grievance Procedures ..1417 Disciplinary Procedures ..1518 Trade Union Facilities ..1519 London and Fringe Area Allowances ..15 CONTENTSA mended:Circular 6: June 2005iiCONTENTS continuedPart 3 Other NATIONAL Provisions1 Pay and Grading ..22 Working and DevelopmentDeleted see Part Care and Allowances ..97 Payments to Employees in the Event of Death or Permanent Disablement Arising from Assault ..108 Meals and Accommodation Retained Employees and Nursery Employees ..13 Appendix 1: Transitional ProvisionsAppendix 2: Retained Employees and NurseryEmployees in Nursery EstablishmentsPart4 Joint AdvicePart Evaluation Scheme.

3 1-78 Part on Appeals ..1-4 Part Pay and Grading Guidance ..1-4 Part on Maternity Related and Work Life Balance Issues ..1-6 Part Parental Leave of Health & Safety ..1-4 Part on Local Workforce Development Plans ..1-17 Amended:Circular 6: June 2005 CONTENTS continuedPart on Pay and Grading Reviews ..1-23 Part Pay Audits ..1-10 Part Impact Assessments ..1-6 Pay and Allowances CardsiiiAmended:Circular 6: June 20051 This provides for the implementation of the AGREEMENT betweenthe NATIONAL Employers and the trade unions (a) to introduce anew NATIONAL AGREEMENT in place of the APT&C handbook(Purple Book) and the Manual handbook (regionally variablecolours) and (b) to merge the existing negotiating machineryfor APT&C and Manual 1 April 1997 the NATIONAL AGREEMENT for former APT&Cand Manual employees will consist of a new handbook to beknown as the Green Book.

4 It will comprise the following fourparts:Part 1 - PrinciplesPart 2 - Key NATIONAL ProvisionsPart 3 - Other NATIONAL ProvisionsPart 4 - Joint Advice3 The status of the provisions in Parts 2 and 3 is explained in Part1. Part 2 contains key NATIONAL provisions while Part 3 containsother NATIONAL provisions which may be modified locally, bynegotiation between the authority and the unions. A procedureis set out in Part 1 for dealing with local failures to agree overproposals to modify a Part 3 provision. However, the nationalnegotiators urge the local parties to approach such localnegotiations with an open mind, not determined from theoutset either to veto or impose change but instead to negotiatewith a view to reaching AGREEMENT .

5 4 Employees within scope of the Green Book are all employees oflocal authorities or other authorities of equivalent status in theUK, except those for whom other NATIONAL negotiatingmachinery already exists. The new NATIONAL AGREEMENT nolonger refers to APT&C, staff or officers or to Manual those within scope are referred to as employees .5 Where contracts of employment incorporate nationalagreements, references to the former APT&C or Manualagreements will now be to the new Green Book. Employeesneed to be notified individually, accordingly, at a new NATIONAL AGREEMENT does not of itself alter existinglocal and provincial/Scottish/ Northern Ireland arrangementswhich differ from the existing NATIONAL AGREEMENT 19971A.

6 1 Amended:Circular 6: June 20057 Single-table bargaining will operate nationally from 1 April 1997as part of the Single Status AGREEMENT to wind up the formerAPT&C and Manual NJCs and to establish a new NATIONAL JointCouncil for Local Government Services. The constitution of thenew NJC is attached as an appendix to Part 1 of the GreenBook. The NATIONAL negotiators call upon their provincial andlocal counterparts to follow through the principle of single-tablemachinery, where this has not already been remainder of this circular deals with detailed transitionalarrangements on:Pay and GradingWorking Time ArrangementsDSOs and CCTM ethod and Frequency of PaymentBonus Continuous ServicePAY AND GRADING9 Assimilation of existing employees (as at 31 March 1997)

7 To thenew pay spine effective from 1 April 1997 will be in accordancewith the provisions of the attached on former APT&C scales shall be entitled to progressto the top of their pay scale in accordance with existingarrangements for incremental progression, until superseded bylocal arrangements following local reviews of grading grading structures for former Manual Workers and formerAPT&C staff will remain in effect until superseded by localarrangements following a review of the grading structures inaccordance with the provisions of Part 3, paragraph protected under this arrangement, for exampletechnicians qualifications allowance, nursery staff specialeducation needs allowance and social workers standbyallowance, will be uprated in line with NATIONAL pay To fulfil a key objective of single status employment, fairand non-discriminatory grading structures are needed atlocal level to integrate former APT&C staff and formerManual Workers.

8 The job evaluation scheme that hasbeen jointly developed will enable grading to be reviewedat local level in accordance with equal pay Local authorities should review their local gradingstructures, including whether or not to operate a systemof pay scales as opposed to single pay points. Inconducting such a review, representatives of therecognised trade unions should be fully involved. Inconjunction with local grading reviews the authority andthe unions shall agree the terms on which there shouldbe protection against loss of remuneration. Once such areview has been completed, the local grades, usingnational spinal column points, will supersede the existingnational grading provisions and scales referred to inAppendix 1 to Part former APT&C employees grading appeals registeredformally at 31 March 1997 will be processed under Paragraph 80of the former APT&C employees on former APT&C scales the conditions set outin Paragraph 80 of the former APT&C AGREEMENT will continueto apply except that the right to process a grading appeal tonational level will cease with effect from 1 April 1997.

9 Thesearrangements will continue until superseded by locally agreedprocedures which should be in place by 31 December the local government job evaluation scheme is in use theappeal will be determined using the Manual Workers in service on 31 March 1982 had placedin suspense their leave entitlement which would have beenenjoyed after 1 April 1982 under the holiday in arrears systemwhich used to apply. This suspended entitlement is to be takenor credited when employment with an authority terminates andshall be taken into account in any calculation of current holidayentitlement at that 3 WORKING TIME ARRANGEMENTS17 From 1 April 1999 the standard weekly hours of all full-timeemployees will be 37. For part-timers there will becorresponding increases in hourly basic rates from the date ofthe reduction in standard hours for their full-time standard in London will be 36 hours from a date to benegotiated in the London provincial machinery, but will not bemore than 37 from 1 April implementing the provisions of the AGREEMENT the localparties should endeavour to minimise costs whilst ensuringservice delivery standards are maintained.

10 It is the view of theNJC that it is in the interests of both local parties that full-timeemployees will generally maintain existing output levels whenthe standard working week is reduced. For part-time employeesit is the view of the NJC that existing contractual hours will bemaintained. Wherever possible efforts will be made to offset theincreased hourly rates of pay by more productive workingmethods. The NJC accordingly advises the local parties to co-operate in minimising the costs of reducing the standardworking week in order to protect jobs and 1 April 1999 new premium rates as set out in Section 2 ofPart 3 of the Green Book will apply, except where inclusive ratesare introduced locally using the procedures laid down for thepurpose in Part 3.


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