Early
Implementers FAQ's - Part 2
Amicus-MSF Reps Direct
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These questions have
been raised by members in
EI sites. The answers have
been agreed by the staff
and management secretariat
of Agenda for
Change.
Q18. Is there scope for
Trusts to set higher rates
for staff eg. Nurses doing
extra hours comparable to
agency rates?
A. It is possible to use
singly or in combination
overtime, recruitment and
retention premier, or in
London high cost area
payments (subject to
paragraph 3.9 of the
agreement.
Q19. Is there any
ability to progress staff
more quickly up a pay-band
than annual salary
point?
A. No.
Q20. Is there any scope
to recruit staff at a point
higher than the minimum of
the scale?
A. The agreement is silent
on this, it is for local
discretion.
Q21. Is the shift
change payment (Draft
T&C 2.19)
pensionable?
A. No this payment is
variable and therefore not
pensionable.
Q22. Where on-call
payments apply to staff in
receipt of a long-term
recruitment and retention
premia how are they
calculated?
A. They should be
calculated taking account
of both basic pay and the
applicable long-term
recruitment and retention
premia.
Q23. Where staff are
called out and do work they
are entitled to overtime
payments. If they also
received long term
recruitment and retention
premia how should the
overtime be
calculated?
A. It should be calculated
taking account of both
basic pay and the
applicable long-term
recruitment and retention
premia.
Q24. How are the high
cost of living areas
defined?
A. The definition of
"inner, outer and fringe"
remains unchanged from
London weighting.
Q25. How should COLS
(Cost of Living
Supplements) be treated in
areas outside London and
fringe?
A. They should be replaced
with long term recruitment
and retention premia
payments as in paragraph
3.7 of the agreement.
Q26. How should Early
Implementer sites deal with
situations in which staff
side capacity is stretched
and accredited
representatives cannot be
found?
A. Accredited
representatives should
always be used if
available. However, common
sense should apply and if
not available suitable
members of staff
identified.
Q27. Are there any
plans to improve guidance
on the mileage
section?
A. The Staff Council will
be reviewing those sections
of the handbook which have
been lifted from the
Whitley handbook, this is
unlikely to be
imminent.
Q28. What is the
position on the
establishment of a Band
9?
A. This will be reviewed
as a result of the
experience of early
implementation.
VIEWS ON
AGENDA FOR CHANGE
Colin Adkins has replied
to my comments in
Newsletter
3.
This discussion will be
continued in the next
issue.
I have also received some
worrying email
correspondence about the
effect of AFC on pension
entitlements.
I have asked Bryan Freake,
Amicus-MSF Pensions expert,
if he could write a "join
the dots" explanation for a
future issue, ie. one that
even I can understand.
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views published in the
Newsletter, please email
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