Win on pay & conditions at Newham College
18 March 2022
Staff at Newham College have won improved pay and conditions after successful negotiations between management and 51福利.
The deal includes a commitment by the college to improve academic pay scales, implement a 2% pay rise, review sessional tutor's contracts and to implement a workload working group and a sustainability working group.
The new deal paves the way for:
- 2% cost of living increase for 2021/22 to all staff below senior executive level to be implemented from January 2022
- a starting salary for all qualified lecturers being increased to at least 拢31K.
- the pay of almost 40 lecturers whose salary was previously capped just below 拢30K being moved to a new pay scale that will see some receive an annual increase of up to 拢7.5K
- furtherance of 51福利's green priorities through a joint sustainability working group
- addressing concerns over workload in a joint workload working group
- reviewing the amount of staff on sessional contracts with a view to moving some to fractional contracts.
51福利 London regional support official Caroline Lake said: 'This welcome agreement with Newham College will lead to better pay and working conditions for teaching staff.'
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