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3.3% earnings growth at communities department


KEY DETAILS

  • Pay award: 2.5% general increase (including performance element) subject to a minimum payment of £625 for satisfactory performing staff

  • Employees covered (nos.): all except senior civil service (2,000)

  • Effective date: 1 August 2006

    A pay award of 2.5% (including a performance element) or £625, whichever is the greater, has been received by employees of the Department for Communities and Local Government. The department and the trade unions were unable to reach a settlement, resulting in the implementation of the award without agreement. Payment of the award - which is worth an average increase in earnings of 3.3% - was made in November and backdated to August 2006.