Employers’ Secretary, Naomi Cooke
8 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ
Telephone 020 7187 7335
e-mail: [email protected]
Employees’ Secretary, Matt Wrack
Bradley House, 68 Coombe Rd
Kingston upon Thames KT2 7AE
Telephone 020 8541 1765
NATIONAL JOINT COUNCIL FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
To: Chief Fire Officers
Chief Executives/Clerks to Fire Authorities
Chairs of Fire Authorities
Directors of HR (Fire Authorities)
Members of the National Joint Council
16 June 2021
NJC/3/21
National Joint Council meeting – 3 June 2021
Pay offer
1. The attached pay claim had been provided by the employees’ side of the NJC on 29 April.
2. At the above meeting, the employers’ side responded with an offer of 1.5 per cent on all pay rates and Continual Professional Development payments with effect from 1 July 2021.
3. The employees’ side is now considering its response.
Additional Bank Holiday – Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
4. Following government decisions an additional bank holiday on Friday 3 June 2022 to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee was announced across the UK.
5, There is no automatic entitlement to such a bank holiday on this day under the terms of the National Joint Council’s Scheme of Conditions of Service (Grey Book).
6. The Employees’ Side of the NJC had therefore submitted a claim seeking:
‘…agreement for the award of an additional public holiday for all Grey Book personnel and that the award should reflect the same arrangements in respect of all other public holidays as detailed in the Scheme of Conditions of Service via the NJC’.
7. At the above meeting, it was agreed to award the bank holiday and that it be treated in the same way as other such holidays in the Grey Book for leave and pay purposes.
8. The Spring Bank Holiday in 2022 has been moved from the last Monday in May to Thursday 2 June. For the avoidance of doubt, the usual provisions contained within the Grey Book for the Spring Bank Holiday shall apply.
Yours faithfully,
Naomi Cooke
Matt Wrack
Joint Secretaries