All ​ health staff must be included in NHS pay award

Cleaners, porters, catering assistants, security ​guards and other health staff employed by private ​companies but working in the NHS​ must not miss out on ​any pay ​rise given to their colleagues, says UNISON today (Monday).
UNISON ​is urging firms such as Serco, Sodexo and Mitie – as well as subsidiary companies ​owned by individual NHS trusts – to increase hourly pay rates to at least match new NHS rates (known as Agenda for Change) so they are not left behind.
​Last week UNISON ​was critical of the government for failing to honour its own ‘levelling-up’ promises with the disappointing 3% pay rise ​for NHS staff in England. But as things stand, those working in the NHS and employed by private contractors are at risk of getting nothing​, says UNISON.
UNISON has written to the largest private employers in the health service saying these staff “have worked hard and under incredibly challenging circumstances across the NHS throughout the pandemic”.
The letter says those working alongside directly employed ​NHS colleagues have no clarity about what ​is now going to happen to their pay.
It asks ​contractors “to ensure that pay rates of staff delivering services to the NHS are no lower than Agenda for Change​ across all the contracts they deliver within the NHS”.
The union is calling on all private companies running ​health contracts to match any pay rises awarded to those directly employed by the NHS​.
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Source: UNISON meat hygiene - August 2, 2021 Category: Food Science Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: Press release #OneTeam2k one team us 2 Source Type: news