Sefton Labour’s controversial plan to involve private sector management consultants Hay Group in the decision on how much pay rise to award to Sefton Council’s highest paid staff comes up for debate at this Thursday’s council meeting.
The Council’s draft new Pay Policy Council’s includes provisions relating to the level of pay rises to be awarded to the 50 most senior officers on salaries of between £46,700 and £139,900 a year.
Birkdale councillor Simon Shaw and his colleagues in the Lib Dem opposition group are seeking to amend the Pay Policy where the current Labour-supported wording says: ‘Each year the HAY Group are consulted as to what is an appropriate pay rise. The HAY Group advise based on predicted awards in the general market (Public and Private Sector), the amount of inflation, and the Retail Prices Index.”
This wording is contained in clause 20 of the draft Sefton Council Pay Policy at http://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/moderngov/documents/s79667/PAY%20POLICY%20December%202017%20FINAL%20VERSION%20with%20Stephans%20amendments.pdf
Cllr Simon Shaw commented: “I cannot understand why the ruling Labour Group want to pay the private sector Hay Group, who describe themselves as a global management consulting firm, to tell them how much more private sector bosses are being paid, and what the ‘appropriate pay rise’ should be for senior staff.”
“The only logical reason is that they want to consider making massively generous pay awards for Sefton Council’s top officers. In contrast the Lib Dems believe that the Council should simply follow the National Joint Council line on pay, namely what is agreed nationally between local government employers and the unions.”
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