Frequently asked questions for the Guernsey pay offer 2025
Below you can find answers to questions you may have around the Guernsey 2025 pay offer.
From 1 January 2025 a 5% uplift across pay and allowances.
We will speak with our AfC union counterparts and the results of all of the unions’ consultations will be communicated with the States. If all unions accept the offer, the pay award will be in place from 1 January 2025.
We will speak with our AfC union counterparts and seek to start negotiations with the States. Pay and allowances will remain the same.
The offer was considered by the RCN South East Board and the RCN Trade Union Committee, which are made up of your elected representatives from the RCN membership.
They have decided that no recommendation should be made and that members should decide whether to accept or reject the award.
You will receive an email asking you to vote on the pay offer and if you accept or reject it.
The consultation opens at midday on Monday 16 December 2024 and closes at midday on Monday 6 January 2025.
Members will be able to vote multiple times, but only the final vote will be counted.
We aim to get the results to you as quickly as possible. Expect an email by Friday 10 January 2025.
This pay award relates to all employees of the States of Guernsey Health and Social Services department employed on an Agenda for Change contract.
This offer does not apply to those employed by the UK NHS who are contracted to work in Guernsey on Guernsey AfC terms and conditions.
The previous award was for 2022-2024. Now we are at the end of this period, a new offer has been made for 2025. It is important that members can have their say on this.
You are being asked if you accept or reject the offer.
The effect on an individual’s benefits depends on individual circumstances and the type of benefit. .
Members who are facing significant hardship and who need additional support and advice, can also seek support from the .
The pay award is a gross (total) figure, and you need to take deductions into account when considering the pay award.
Pay is subject to tax, social insurance contributions and, if you are a member of a pension scheme, pension contributions. You should check your current income tax, social insurance rates and pension contributions on your pay slip to assess how the pay offer will affect your take-home pay.
Some staff, as a consequence of their annual pay uplift and/or incremental pay progression, may end up paying a higher percentage of contributions. This is because their pensionable earnings have increased, and they move into a higher tier in the pension contribution framework. This may make it seem like the value of the individual’s pay uplift has been lost. Staff receiving pensionable allowances in addition to their basic pay (for example unsocial hours payments) may also be affected by this. .
All of the AfC trade unions are consulting their members. It is important that you tell us if this offer should be accepted or rejected.
This consultation is led by your South East Board, Council and Trade Union Committee, and they believe RCN members should be heard on the acceptability or otherwise of this pay offer.
A pay award is when an employer or government (States of Guernsey) that controls pay decides on the pay for staff and implements that decision by automatically applying it to its employeesÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ contracts of employment.
A pay offer is usually generated from discussions or negotiations between an employer or government that controls pay, and the employees or the employeesÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ trade union.
Once an offer is made, employees are given an opportunity to consider if they wish to accept the offer made by the employer or government.
If you have not received an email by Wednesday 18 December, first check your spam or junk mail folders.
If you have still not received an email, contact Helen.Wigginton@rcn.org.uk with your membership number.
Only those who are eligible can vote. Votes will be checked against the employer you have registered on MyRCN therefore it is imperative that your employer is correct on the RCN system to ensure it is counted.
We have asked the States to provide a spreadsheet of the uplift - you can read this here, underneath the letter.
If the unions are divided, the results of each consultation would be shared with the States who would make a decision. They are likely to impose the offer in this instance.
Our pay claim was for:
From 1 January 2025, an increase in all pay, bonuses and allowances for Agenda for Change (AfC) staff of RPI (as at 30 September 2024) plus 3%.
There were two secondary asks:
- To establish a joint employer/union working party to investigate and make recommendations on a scheme to assist States’ employees and their immediate families with the costs of primary health care, the terms of reference for which are to be agreed no later than 31 March 2025.
- To routinely, to consult with each union on: (i) the provision of ‘key worker’ accommodation; (ii) the eligibility criteria for its occupation; and (iii) any schemes of financial assistance with mortgage or rental costs provided to States’ employees or agency staff, e.g. rent allowance.
The States will not consider this until the future of public sector pensions has been decided.
The unions negotiate with the Policy and Resources Committee and this committee does not hold responsibility for housing.
It has been suggested that the RCN joins a key worker housing group and we are considering ways of doing this.
Since our last round of pay, the RCN have worked in conjunction with the other AfC unions and the States of Guernsey to understand what is meant by parity. We have done some significant work on job matching but as this is in the early stages there isnÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™t anything to share with members.
Unfortunately, the working party meeting have stopped earlier this year (June) due to workforce issues within the StatesÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥™ Human Resource team. The RCN and their union colleagues are keen to get these moving again.
Contact the regional team for support: guernsey.inbox@rcn.org.uk.
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