Service Group worked with UNISON’s apprentice roles subject to job Legal Department and Thompsons to evaluation in each force brief branches during July and August on how to pursue the cases in light of Full Police Staff Council terms legal advice. At the time of writing four and conditions, or force forces had reached local collective equivalents where local agreements with UNISON to settle the collective agreements exist, to claims. apply to all apprentices Part 2 A joint working group involving Following the conclusion of Part 1 of the Police Staff Council the Review, the Police Staff Council Employers and Trade Unions Pay and Reward Working Party has and the College of Policing to met to discuss information needs to agree minimum employment inform Part 2 of the PSC Pay and and quality standards for police Reward Review which is due to look at staff apprenticeships police staff basic pay, including job evaluation and pay and grading The mainstreaming of public systems. It has been agreed to sector equality duties in the undertake a pay survey of all forces in rolling out of police staff the autumn of 2017 to provide the apprenticeships. necessary data for this part of the Review. In July 2017, the Employers Side responded disappointingly by A Fair Deal for Police Staff indicating that they were not minded to Apprentices a national collective agreement on police staff apprentices. On 27 April 2017 the Police Staff Council Trade Union Side submitted a . claim for police staff apprentices which Political Restriction asked for: Police Staff Council Joint Circular 93 A commitment from police was published on 28 April 2017, in forces and the police employers advance of the local elections which to offer higher level police staff took place in May and the General apprenticeships Election which took place in June, to set out the rights of police staff as A guarantee of genuine employees to undertake political employment campaigning in their free time. opportunities/career mobility for police apprentices 1.2.1.5 Centralised Elimination Database (CED) An agreement on pay for police staff apprentices, with all
Service Group worked with UNISON’s Legal Department and Thompsons to brief branches during July and August on how to pursue the cases in light of legal advice. At the time of writing four forces had reached local collective agreements with UNISON to settle the claims. Part 2 Following the conclusion of Part 1 of the Review, the Police Staff Council Pay and Reward Working Party has met to discuss information needs to inform Part 2 of the PSC Pay and Reward Review which is due to look at police staff basic pay, including job evaluation and pay and grading systems. It has been agreed to undertake a pay survey of all forces in the autumn of 2017 to provide the necessary data for this part of the Review. A Fair Deal for Police Staff Apprentices On 27 April 2017 the Police Staff Council Trade Union Side submitted a claim for police staff apprentices which asked for: A commitment from police forces and the police employers to offer higher level police staff apprenticeships A guarantee of genuine employment opportunities/career mobility for police apprentices An agreement on pay for police staff apprentices, with all apprentice roles subject to job evaluation in each force Full Police Staff Council terms and conditions, or force equivalents where local collective agreements exist, to apply to all apprentices A joint working group involving the Police Staff Council Employers and Trade Unions and the College of Policing to agree minimum employment and quality standards for police staff apprenticeships The mainstreaming of public sector equality duties in the rolling out of police staff apprenticeships. In July 2017, the Employers Side responded disappointingly by indicating that they were not minded to a national collective agreement on police staff apprentices. . Political Restriction Police Staff Council Joint Circular 93 was published on 28 April 2017, in advance of the local elections which took place in May and the General Election which took place in June, to set out the rights of police staff as employees to undertake political campaigning in their free time. 1.2.1.5 Centralised Elimination Database (CED)