The main features of the 2020-21 pay policy are:
a guaranteed basic pay increase of 3 per cent for public sector workers who earn below £80,000
limiting to £2,000 the maximum basic pay increase for those earning £80,000 or more
continuing the requirement for employers to pay staff the real Living Wage, now set at £9.30 per hour
provides a guaranteed cash underpin of £750 for all staff who earn £25,000 or less
a single-year pay policy, although public bodies may make a case to submit multi-year proposals
allowing flexibilities for employers to use up to 0.5 per cent of pay bill savings on baseline salaries for addressing clearly evidenced equality issues in existing pay and grading structures
discretion for individual employers to reach their own decisions about pay; progression (limited to a maximum of 1.5 per cent for Chief Executives), which continues to be outwith the pay policy limits
continued suspension of non-consolidated performance related pay (bonuses)
continued commitment to no compulsory redundancies
an expectation that there will be a 10% reduction in remuneration packages for new...