Letter to Home Sec - Winsor Part 1 Determinations - Police Federation
Letter to Home Sec - Winsor Part 1 Determinations - Police Federation
Letter to Home Sec - Winsor Part 1 Determinations - Police Federation
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However, I believe the determination should implement the recommendation in its<br />
entirety as this was the Official Side position at PNB.<br />
Incremental Progression<br />
I have made my views clear on this matter on a number of occasions and I repeat<br />
that <strong>Winsor</strong>’s recommendation 20 makes no reference nor provides any instruction<br />
with regard <strong>to</strong> incremental progression following the end of the suspension and that<br />
this was not clarified during the negotiating process. In fact, the negotiation process<br />
has been truncated by this arbitrary decision.<br />
Ms Okoye’s letter says that it is “self-evident that everyone in a pay freeze will end<br />
the freeze at the same point at which they started” and cites the public sec<strong>to</strong>r-wide<br />
pay freeze as an example. As you well know, this pay freeze covers police officers at<br />
the present time. The position with respect <strong>to</strong> the incremental freeze is distinctly<br />
different and has, up until now, been subject <strong>to</strong> negotiation. Why has this ceased <strong>to</strong><br />
be the case?<br />
I will write <strong>to</strong> you separately in relation <strong>to</strong> the potential disproportionate discrimina<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
impact of your decision.<br />
Maternity Pay<br />
I remain concerned that the need for a chief officer <strong>to</strong> agree an officer’s election <strong>to</strong><br />
receive half pay for the last ten weeks of maternity pay is unnecessary and could<br />
lead <strong>to</strong> women being treated unfavourably because of pregnancy or maternity.<br />
Moreover if SMP is not <strong>to</strong> be paid on <strong>to</strong>p of half pay during this period then officers<br />
will be at a financial disadvantage compared <strong>to</strong> those who receive full pay over the<br />
5 weeks.<br />
I have raised this point on a number of occasions, both during negotiations and in my<br />
letters <strong>to</strong> you, and I have not yet had a response of any kind.<br />
Away from <strong>Home</strong> Overnight Allowance<br />
The determination <strong>to</strong> put in<strong>to</strong> effect the away from home overnight allowance has<br />
been amended as a direct result of the comments from ACPO in their letter of<br />
12 March 2012, following consultation on the draft determination. A caveat has now<br />
been introduced so that the allowance is not paid if the member is serving away from<br />
his normal place of duty only by reason of being on a training course or carrying out<br />
routine enquiries. This was not part of the PAT award and its inclusion undermines<br />
the PNB process.<br />
Ms Okoye’s letter of 24 April states that “Routine enquiries and attending a training<br />
course could not have been the disruption <strong>to</strong> officers’ lives the PAT was seeking <strong>to</strong><br />
compensate”. Why has this assumption been made? What is the definition of a<br />
routine enquiry and how is the inconvenience <strong>to</strong> an officer’s life any less if they are<br />
undertaking such an enquiry rather than any other type of enquiry?<br />
The PAT award simply said: “In the Tribunal’s view, there should be an element of<br />
additional compensation for officers who are held in reserve and unable <strong>to</strong> return<br />
home (whether this is in their own force or on mutual aid operations).”<br />
The determination should reflect the decision of the PAT.<br />
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