The trade union for local authority chief executives and senior managers has said that it is ‘exceptionally disappointed’ at a pay offer that fails to reflect the high levels of inflation.
The Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Executives of Local Authorities has proposed an across the board offer of £1,925 for all local government staff, including chief executives and chief officers.
In response, the Association of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (ALACE) said they were disappointed by the decision to make a pay offer based on a cash amount rather than a percentage.
They said that the offer represented for the most senior staff in local government ‘a pay increase that in no way reflects the high levels of inflation being experienced’.
The trade union calculated that the employers’ offer is worth about 1% to 1.75% for the majority of chief executives and, for anyone earning over £128,333, is worth less than the 1.5% increase in April 2021, when inflation was lower.
‘The Association of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers welcomes that an offer has been made for all chief executives and, consistent with its claim, that the offer is the same in cash terms as for the generality of local government staff,’ read ALACE’s response.
‘However we are exceptionally disappointed that the Employers have not heeded our call that salaries in local government should remain competitive, in attracting talented people to lead complex organisations, and also to address the risk of the drain of talent to other parts of the public sector. The offer increases the disparities with other parts of the public sector.’
