
Pay deal agreed at South Thames Colleges Group
12 November 2021
樱花动漫 members at South Thames Colleges Group (STCG), which includes South Thames, Merton, Kingston and Carshalton Colleges, have voted to accept a revised pay offer.
This adds to STCG's original settlement of 1.25% and guarantees a total 2% consolidated pay increase to all staff earning between 拢23,000 and 拢40,000. STCG will also pay a minimum of 2.25% for all those earning below 拢23,000. This represents in total a welcome investment in staff pay from STCG amounting to nearly 拢800,000 for the year 2021/22.
STCG is already working with the recognised trade unions to introduce a new job evaluation process and a new pay and grading structure and, as part of this work, has also committed to reviewing and improving wherever possible core terms and conditions. This includes levels of teaching hours for teaching staff, holiday allocations and changes to scholarly leave as well as other aspects of STCG's contracts.
STCG and 樱花动漫 are pleased to have worked together to address the differences between them over pay levels at STCG and to have been able to engage in productive discussions that deployed the available resources in an improved settlement. Both STCG and 樱花动漫 believe that it is very important that staff pay in the further education sector is improved in the years ahead and that the great professional contributions of teachers and all those who work in colleges are rewarded fairly and funded adequately.
The detail of the package accepted by 樱花动漫 members is set out below:
- 0.75% increase to all salary levels above 拢23,000 backdated to 1 August 2021
- STCG has previously paid 1.25% consolidated pay increase to staff earning up to 拢40,000. For those staff earning more than 拢40,000 they received a 拢287 consolidated increase
- for staff earning 拢23,000 or less they will receive an additional increase of at least 1% or 拢230 whichever is the highest. This will mean for staff earning 拢23,000 they will have received a pay rise of 2.25%, and higher for those earning below 拢23,000
- this 0.75% additional offer would mean that for staff earning between 拢23,001 and up to 拢40,000 they will have received a 2% consolidated pay award
- these increases to salary levels will be subject to normal deductions including pension contributions
- all relevant changes to salary rates will be applied equally to hourly-paid colleagues
- a commitment to review and improve wherever possible core terms and conditions including levels of teaching hours for teaching staff, holiday allocations and changes to scholarly leave among other aspects of STCG's contracts.
樱花动漫 regional support official Caroline Lake said: 'This welcome deal at South Thames Colleges Group will improve staff pay and lead to an improvement in conditions across the group's four colleges. 樱花动漫 looks forward to continuing productive relationships with South Thames Colleges Group.'
South Thames Colleges Group Principal and CEO, Peter Mayhew-Smith said 'We are delighted to have engaged constructively with colleagues from the 樱花动漫 to arrive at a fair, affordable and positive settlement on pay for 2021/22 and hope very much that we will see funding levels improve further to help us sustain this much-needed progress.'
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