Agenda for change - Terms and conditions handbook

Part 2: Pay Section 5: Recruitment and Retention Premia
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employers to ensure that any premia awarded locally do not normally
result in payments in excess of this amount, taking into account any
national awards for the posts in question. See also the provisions
concerning earned autonomy in Annex K.
Transitional Arrangements
5.14 Further information on assimilation and protection arrangements during
the transition to the new system is set out in Part 7, including
information on those jobs where it is agreed that there is prima facie
evidence that a premium is necessary to ensure the position of the
NHS is maintained in relation to the relevant external labour market
during the transitional period (see Table 19 in Annex R).
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