Pay is top of agenda at police and justice conference

Pay reform in the police and probation service was the first topic of this year’s police and justice service group conference. Caryl Nobbs, president of the service group executive, said “a review of the pay and grading structure is long overdue,” and that “we need to take a strategic approach to pay reform in each sector in the service group, if we don’t we will get picked off one by one,” Conference noted the work that has started on part two of the police staff council pay and reward review, which is taking place in England and Wales. Andy Stenning, speaking on behalf of the police staff sector committee, said: “At some point the funding for policing is going to have to increase, and we need to be ready with a strategy to ensure that police staff receive some of that spending.” He pointed out that the College of Policing is already developing a strategy for police officer pay, but not for police staff. “If we don’t get a pay reform agenda for police staff, police forces are likely to work out their own,” Mr Stenning said. Conference noted concern at the lack of progress on pay reform in either the National Probation Service, or the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies. Conference approved a motion to take measures to ensure the pay review process is completed more quickly next year, as well as a motion approving an internal UNISON review into moving the police staff pay review date. On the latter motion, Sue Leck said: “This motion is asking us to ...
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