Pay and Modernisation – Phase 2 Deployment/£400 Payment &

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Dear Colleague

Pay and Modernisation – Phase 2 Deployment/£400 Payment & Agreed Phase 3 Trials Process

Further to LTB 081/08 in respect of the above, we have now formally concluded a Review at National Level of the progress of Phase 2 Flexibility Plans and the payment dates for the £400 to be received by those Units that have jointly agreed plans in place.

Phase 2 Flexibility Plans

Although initially progress was slow and the original target dates for completion were not achieved out of the 1500 plus Units there are now less than 150 that have not concluded agreement. We are confident and jointly committed to ensure that the issues that have prevented these remaining offices finalising their plans will be resolved over the next 2 or 3 weeks.

Payment Dates

It has been confirmed that all of the Units that had signed plans in place by 27th March 2008, have started implementation and given a commitment that their plan would be fully implemented to time will receive the £400 payment on the 25th April 2008 (Part-timers receiving a payment pro-rata to their conditioned hours).

To ensure the outstanding Units also still have the opportunity to receive the £400 an additional payment date has been jointly agreed against the following criteria:

Qualifying Criteria
Providing Units/offices have agreed plans in place by no later than Friday 2nd May 2008 they will receive the £400 payment on 23rd May 2008.





Phase 3 Trials

It was jointly agreed that we would not proceed with the Phase 3 Trials in any of the nominated Offices until they had completed their Phase 2 Flexibility Plans. Now that the great majority have plans in place we have discussed and agreed Joint Guidance for the trial process/evaluation with revised timescales to secure the 1.5% pay increase backdated to the 7th April 2008.

Branches/Representatives will note initially Joint Workshops will be held in each trial area to consider the options to be trialled which will be overseen by the AGM and a Divisional Rep or nominated substitute. The revised timescales negotiated for the Phase 3 Trials/1.5% pay increase are the following:

Phase 3 Trials/1.5% Pay increase timetable Due By Date
Idea Generating Workshops 11th April 2008
Trials Period 14th April – 9th May 08
Trial evaluated at area level 16th May 2008
National Review completed 23rd May 2008
Nationally agreed Options Communicated 2nd June 2008
Local agreement reached 27th June 2008
Local agreement deployed 7th July 2008
Verification of deployment by AGMs following input from Divisional Representative. 1.5% increase back-dated to the 7th April


The final list of the Trial Office and copies of all of the agreed documentation for the trials are attached to this LTB.


Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be directed to the appropriate National Officers responsible for Delivery, Processing and Network.



Yours sincerely




Dave Ward Martin Collins
Deputy General Secretary (P) Assistant Secretary