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PNB UPDATE - MEETING HELD 6 FEBRUARY 2008

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2007 Pay Settlement

This item was for "noting" on the Agenda. Staff Side refused "to note" the 2007 pay settlement as inappropriate, given the Judicial Review hearing set for 15/16 April 2008 and other unfinished business from Staff Side's 2007 claim.

Level Playing Field

The Staff Side wrote to the Official Side on 17 December 2007 requesting a further meeting to resolve this outstanding issue from our 2007 claim. The Official Side advised the meeting that they were rejecting the element of our claim, on the grounds that their view of the PAT's award was that there was no convincing case. This is at odd's with Staff Side's view of the PAT award. Staff Side therefore registered a failure to agree and, as the matter had already been to conciliation last year, argued there was no merit in further conciliation and referred the matter directly to arbitration.

Pay 2008 and Beyond

The Home Secretary had, in a letter to the PNB Chair, proposed a multi-year pay deal based on the PAT's combined index to take effect from September 2008. A statement on behalf of Staff Side was made by John Francis, Staff Side Secretary. Staff Side refused to begin 2008 pay talks until 2007 pay award was resolved. On-Call Allowance

Staff Side claims for an on-call allowance have been at conciliation for some time. In the absence of a positive response from the Official Side, Staff Side registered a failure to agree and referred the claim to arbitration.

Pay on Promotion and Probationer Pay

Due to the absence of a positive response from the Official Side a failure to agree was registered by Staff Side and these issues have gone to conciliation.

Shift Allowance

The Staff Side put the Official Side on notice that a claim for a shift allowance would be submitted for the April PNB meeting.

I have included the Staff Side statement and Official Side response for information.

Staff Side Statement

Official Side Statement

Regards.

Stevie McCann