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30 May 2006: Employers' 'best and final' pay offer

Pay talks involving all higher education unions and the employers' body, UCEA, took place today during which the following 'best and final' offer was made.

UCEA's 'best and final' offer

Conditions:

* unions to agree to put offer to members;
* suspend industrial action.

Pay increases:

* Aug 06 - greater of 3% or £515
* Feb 07 - 1%
* Aug 07 - 3%
* May 08 - greater of 3% or £420
* Oct 08 - 2.5%

London weighting:

HEIs retain separate London weighting(s) to be recommended to increase 'on average' by the same % uplifts.

Other:

* Agreed statement on reviews of JNCHES and of HE financial and pay data.
* Agreed statement on implementation of Framework (equal pay etc.), including recommendation to HEIs on equal pay audits.
* Agreed statement about 35 hour week.
* Letter to support unions on national youth/training rates.
* Agreement that HEIs in serious financial difficulty can defer implementation by up to 11 months.
* Agreement to uprate old scales on the same basis for 2006-2007 only.

Effect on pay rates:

Latter part of:

* 2006-2007 +4.03%
* 2007-2008 +10.37%