Remuneration of States Employees.

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A decision made (01/06/2009) regarding: Remuneration of States Employees: 2008.

Decision Reference: MD-C-2009-0032
Decision Summary Title :	DS – Remuneration of States’ Employees: 2008		Date of Decision Summary:	13 May 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Employee Relations Chief Minister’s Dept		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	WR - Remuneration of States’ Employees: 2008		Date of Written Report:	April 2009
Written Report Author:	Head of Employee Relations		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Remuneration of States’ Employees: 2008
Decision(s): The Chief Minister approved the report entitled ‘Remuneration of States Employees 2008’ and determined that it should be presented to the States with the States Financial Report and Accounts, 2008.
Reason(s) for Decision: To enable States Members to have a more detailed explanation of movements in staff remuneration in 2008 than that provided in the States Financial Report and Accounts for 2008.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Officers to forward the report to the Greffier of the States and Publications Editor to arrange for it to be presented to the States on the same day as the States Financial Report and Accounts are presented.
Signature:		Position: Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Remuneration of States Employees.

Remuneration of States Employees:2008

In accordance with normal practice, the States Treasurer has included Notes regarding the remuneration of States employees in the Financial Report and Accounts for 2008. (Appendix A).

In order to provide more information to States Members, the States Employment Board is providing details of the types and numbers of posts to be found within the remuneration bands used by the Treasurer in the Notes to the Accounts (Appendix B).

During 2008, 538 Public Sector Employees earned in excess of £70,000 representing 8.97% of the total Public Sector. These earnings include overtime, standby and other allowances in addition to basic salary. They also include the employer’s pension contribution of 15.6% which is applied to basic salary.

Employees who earn excess of £70,000 include Senior Civil Servants, Chief Officers, States/Judicial Appointments, Doctors/Consultants/Specialists, Senior Fire, Police and Prison Officers, Head Teachers, Highlands College Management, Law Draftsmen, Legal Advisers, some Nurses and Midwives and two Paramedics and three Manual Workers earning high levels of overtime pay.

It should be further noted that the term ‘Civil Servant’ includes a number of professions such as States Vet, Official Analyst, Senior Ambulance Officers, Air Traffic Controllers, Meteorologists, Engineers, Accountants, Customs & Immigration Officers, Modern Matrons, Physiotherapists, Pathologists, Microbiologists, Radiologists and Pharmacists.

From Appendix A, it can be seen that there were 81 additional employees from non-trading departments earning £70,000+ in 2008 compared with 2007.

Of these, 54 were brought into the £70,000+ pay bracket following the 2008 pay award.

The remaining 27 (made up of an increase of 33 and decrease of 6) can be explained as follows:

10 Police and 1 Civil Servant as a result of overtime incurred during the Historic Abuse Enquiry;

17 staff on account of receiving standby and overtime payments, (often relating to being on call):

5 Civil Servants – Customs and Immigration
2 Civil Servants – Pathology Laboratory
1 Nurse
1 Paramedic
6 Police Constables
2 Prison Officers
1 Civil Servant post was transferred from the Harbours to Transport and Technical Services increasing the number of non traders;

5 new Consultants in Paediatrics and Accident and Emergency;

Chief Minister

April 2009

Notes

1. There were in fact an additional 87 employees earning £70,000 + in 2008 compared to 2007, but because 6 fell out of this bracket, the net increase is 81 .

2. One Chief Officer resigned during 2008 and although his successor was appointed in that year, neither earned as much as £70,000. Therefore one Chief Officer post fell out of the calculations for 2008.