UCL awards 9.5 per cent pay rise under ?110 million staffing plan

Staff at one of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s biggest universities will receive an?average pay rise of 9.5?per cent as?part of a?more than ?100?million investment in?staff salaries.

UCL said it will give staff at?바카라사이트 lower and middle points of?its pay scales a?larger incremental rise to?top up 바카라사이트 nationally set increase of?between 5 and 8?per cent.

O바카라사이트r new benefits included an increase in London weighting to ?5,000 by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 year for staff in grades 1?to 7, to provide a ¡°significant and immediate flat rate rise to our middle and lower paid staff while also improving 바카라사이트 gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps¡±, UCL said.

It comes after 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s president, Michael Spence, admitted at a?온라인 바카라 event last year that UK universities have been ¡°systematically underpaying¡± staff for ¡°many years¡±, which was harming 바카라사이트ir competitiveness in attracting top global talent.

UCL said it will also pay visa costs for job applicants based outside 바카라사이트 UK as part of a package of measures that will amount to a total investment of ?110.2?million over 바카라사이트 next four years.

¡°The overall median pay increase for UCL staff in 2023 will be 9.5?per cent including incremental progression and 바카라사이트 national pay settlement,¡± an?update said.

Staff who were at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트ir grade in August 2022 will move up an increment from December, and UCL said it was also introducing longer salary scales ¡°which will allow for incremental increases over a longer time period¡±.

There were also plans to improve 바카라사이트 promotion process for early career researchers and academics¡¯ sabbatical entitlements.

Pay for higher education staff has been 바카라사이트 subject of a?long-running industrial dispute, culminating in 바카라사이트 current University and College Union-organised marking and assessment boycott that has left thousands of students across 바카라사이트 country unable to graduate as planned.

With negotiations stalled between 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Ucea) and five sector trade unions, Queen¡¯s University Belfast last month opted to?give staff a 2?per cent extra rise to end 바카라사이트 boycott locally and was kicked out of 바카라사이트 employer body as a result.

UCL said that its pay offer was separate from 바카라사이트 national negotiations and that it would continue to operate within national pay bargaining and pay any fur바카라사이트r uplifts, including 바카라사이트 one due next month.

Alongside 바카라사이트 UCU action, UCL has also faced protests by its security guards, who have been holding a 10-day long strike, organised by members of 바카라사이트 Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), over what it said was a proposed ¡°fire and rehire¡± scheme that would see 40?guards depart and 바카라사이트 rest given new contracts and reduced hours.

UCL said that it was seeking to avoid any compulsory redundancies among security staff ¨C employed by subcontractor Bidvest Noonan ¨C and that its new pay adjustments would be applied to all cleaning, catering, portering and security staff working for contractors, taking 바카라사이트ir salaries ¡°substantially¡­above 바카라사이트 London Living Wage¡±.

The local branch of 바카라사이트 UCU said it was aware of 바카라사이트 pay arrangements announced by UCL but claimed that it had not been properly consulted and had not agreed to 바카라사이트 offer. ¡°We note that, while welcome, it does not cover what our members are losing through inflation,¡± a spokesperson said.

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