JIB Wage Rates & Staff Salaries

ECA has completed a groundbreaking agreement for a four year JIB wage settlement. The settlement is all the more welcome as it provides certainty at a time of considerable uncertainty in the wider economy.

Details of the changes effective under the JIB agreement which came into effect from 2nd January 2017 are available to view here.

The main changes introduced in the four year settlement are increases in wages; changes to the calculation of travel payments; and increases in holiday entitlement.

Additionally, by logging in you can find out updated information on Statutory Family Friendly Payments and Statutory Sick Pay.

For further information and for all the Statutory Pay updates - view Key Employment Rates

To see the NJC Promulgation for staff salary 2017, click here

View the current staff handbook - here.

The National Living Wage 2019 for workers aged 25 and over is currently £8.21 per hour. This rate will go up to £8.72 per hour on 1 April 2020.

The NLW might change in April 2020.

The national minimum wage rates will increase from 1 April 2020 as follows:
•   £8.20 per hour (from £7.70) for 21 to 24 year olds
•   £6.45 per hour (from £6.15) for 18 to 20 year olds
•   £4.55 per hour (from £4.35) for under 18 year olds
•   £4.15 per hour (from £3.90) for apprentices aged under 19 or in their first year
Tips/gratuities/service charges excluded.

NMW rates normally change on 1 April every year.

A number of requests have been received from members regarding developments on holiday pay. Advice had been issued to members as the law evolved in 2014 and 2015 and we have produced an article to remind members of the state of play.

To read the full article, click here.

Following the introduction of the National Living wage last April, the Government has announced the following increases in the both, the National Living and National Minimum wage rates with effect from April 2017:

	Current Hourly Rate	New Hourly Rates effective 1 April 17
Workers aged 25 and over (the national living wage)	£7.20	£7.50
Workers aged 21 to 24 inclusive	£6.95	£7.05
Workers aged 18 to 20 inclusive	£5.55	£5.60
Workers aged under 18 who are no longer of compulsory school age	£4.00	£4.05
Apprentices aged under 19, or aged 19 and over but in the first year of his or her apprenticeship	£3.40	£3.50

The government has announced the following increases in the statutory limits relating to employment to take effect from 6 April 2017:

Guaranteed payment for a day: £27.00 (Previous £26.00)

Maximum amount of a weeks pay for calculating redundancy pay: £489.00 (Previous £479.00)

Maximum compensation award for unfair dismissal: £80.541* (Previous £78,962*)

*or a year's pay - whichever is lower

Further details of the statutory limits can be found on the UK Government's legislation website.

If you have any queries regarding the above, please contact the ECA employee relations team on 020 7313 4804.

From 1 October 2016, the National Minimum Wage rates increased from £6.70 per hour to £6.95 per hour for workers between 21 and 24 years old.

The following increases to the minimum wage also apply from 1 October:

The development rate for 18-21 years inclusive increased from £5.30 per hour to £5.55 per hour
The development rate for 16 and 17 increased from £3.87 per hour to £4.00
The rate for apprentices aged under 19 or, over 19 but in the first year of their apprenticeship, increased from £3.30 per hour to £3.40

The National Living Wage for those aged 25 or above remains unchanged at £7.20

For guidance on the rules relating to the National Minimum Wage, please visit the HMRC website or contact the ECA's employee relations team on: 020 7313 4804.

Downloads

NJC Promulgations 2.18 for 2019 and 2020

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2019-20 Review of The EEI Staff Salary Agreement

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Guidance on Taxation of JIB Allowance

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Guidance note on taxation of JIB travel and lodging allowances

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Staff Salary Agreement

(PDF, 486 kB)

Salaries and other conditions of employment of technical, supervisory, administrative and allied personnel employed in the environmental engineering industry

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