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Customs and Excise: average 4% award

Key details

Pay award: average increase of 4%

Employees covered (nos.): all (23,000)

Effective date: 1 June 2004

HM Customs and Excise have negotiated a pay award with the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) and FDA trade unions that gives staff an average pay increase of 4% from 1 June 2004.

The deal consists of the following elements:

  • an increase of 2.6% to all range minima and maxima for national and London pay ranges;

  • an increase of 2.6% for top and good performers and 2% for less effective performers;

  • a progression payment of 1.6% for all top and good performers, capped by the revised maxima of the pay ranges; and

  • a non-consolidated bonus of 2.5% of salary for top performers.