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This newsletter provides a round-up of all the relevant news that Employer Link has gathered over the last month.
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COVID-19
A collection of guidance can now be found on the Useful Resources concertina, under COVID-19. All government guidance can be read on their website.
A collection of recent Employer guidance and Government updates are included at the foot of this newsletter.
Pay consultation: School teachers' pay 2022/23 and 2023/24
Pay negotiations: Craft Workers (Red Book)
A pay deal has not yet been agreed by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authority Craft & Associated Employees for April 2021. The National Employers advise against implementing the pay offer before the collective bargaining process has concluded.
Pay negotiations: Youth and Community (Pink Book)
The Employers’ Side confirmed offer – November 2021 covering the period of 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022, has still not been accepted by the Staff Side and they have given no indication of when they may be able to agree to a pay settlement. The National Employers advise against implementing the pay offer before the collective bargaining process has concluded.
The Public Sector apprenticeship target
The Public Sector Apprenticeships Target that had been in place since April 2017 came to an end on 31 March 2022. However, relevant employers will still be expected to gather and report: - new apprenticeship starts; total number of apprentices; organisational headcount. This data will be used to create league tables for each sub-sector to rank performance.
Reporting for the final year of the public sector target (21/22) began on 1 April 2022 and will run until 30 September 2022.
Employment Law
The latest edition (700) of our monthly advisory bulletin is available to download.
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Read past advisory bulletins on our website.
Local Government Pension Scheme
The latest edition (222) of our monthly bulletin can be found on the Bulletin page, along with the annual update for 2021/22 (bulletin 221) of www.lgpsregs.org and the Bulletin page of www.scotlgpsregs.org.
You can find the LGPS response to the DWPs consultation on the Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 on the non-scheme consultations page.
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
The latest edition (79) of our monthly bulletin is available to download.
Remember, you can sign up to receive this directly (along with other newsletters such as the Workforce Bulletin, these are all free as part of the Employer Link subscription) by going to the e-bulletins page.
The Government has published its response to the consultation on proposed changes to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations to enact the first phase of the McCloud Remedy.
Firefighters’ Pension Scheme
The latest edition (55) of our monthly bulletin is available to download.
The Home Office consultation response on prospective remedy was published in early March. All links, including the Home Office FAQs for the Firefighters’ scheme, are now available on the age discrimination remedy implementation page of the FPS Regulations and Guidance website.
A collection of Employer guidance and Government updates (including in relation to COVID-19):
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