Annual Report and Accounts 2006/7 - CEDA Repository

Remuneration report
Remuneration report
Remuneration policy
The members of the Met Office Executive
are members of the Senior Civil Service
with the exception of the Finance
Director.
The remuneration of senior civil servants
is set by the Prime Minister following
independent advice from the Review
Body on Senior Salaries.
In reaching its recommendations, the
Review Body has regard to the following
considerations:
• the need to recruit, retain and motivate
suitably able and qualified people to
exercise their different responsibilities;
• regional/local variations in labour
markets and their effects on the
recruitment and retention of staff;
• Government policies for improving the
public services including the
requirement on departments to meet
the output targets for the delivery of
departmental services;
• the funds available to departments as
set out in the Government’s
departmental expenditure limits;
• the Government’s inflation target.
The Review Body takes account of the
evidence it receives about wider
economic considerations and the
affordability of its recommendations.
Further information about the work of the
Review Body can be found at
www.ome.uk.com.
The Finance Director and all other Met
Office employees have their remuneration
determined by a process consistent with
HM Treasury Civil Service Pay Guidance.
The Chief Executive has authority to
determine pay and conditions for all Met
Office employees, which are appropriate
to its business needs and which take
account of Government policies on Public
Sector Pay. This delegation requires the
Chief Executive to consult with the MoD,
the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury and
to gain their approval before negotiating
any changes to pay and grading systems
and arrangements with the recognised
Trade Union. This is achieved through the
Civil Service Pay Remit process. The Met
Office Reward Strategy approved by the
Chief Executive is designed to drive the
behaviours required to deliver the
Corporate Plan. The Met Office Reward
Strategy enables its workforce to develop
and grow its business to, as a minimum,
deliver business outcomes and, as
required by Cabinet Office, is consistent
with the Civil Service Reward Principles.
Further details of the Civil Service Reward
Principles can be found at
www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/p
erformance/index.asp
Service contracts
Civil service appointments are made in
accordance with the Civil Service
Commissioners’ Recruitment Code,
which requires appointment to be on
merit, on the basis of fair and open
competition, but also includes the
circumstances when appointments may
otherwise be made.
Unless otherwise stated below, the
officials covered by this report hold
appointments which are open-ended.
Early termination, other than for
misconduct, would result in the
individual receiving compensation as set
out in the Civil Service Compensation
Scheme.
Further information about the work of the
Civil Service Commissioners can be found
at www.civilservicecommissioners.gov.uk
Met Office Reward and Recognition
Committee
The Reward and Recognition Committee
is a sub-committee of the Met Office
Board.
The members of the Reward and
Recognition Committee are the Non-
Executive Directors of the Met Office
Board, together with the Director of
Corporate Services. The Committee is
chaired by the Non-Executive Chairman
of the Met Office Board.
The purpose of the Committee includes
the consideration and approval of the Met
Office annual pay remit; consideration of
distributions to employees under the Met
Office Corporate Bonus scheme, based
on an assessment of the performance of
the Met Office against its Key
Performance Targets and the level of
declared profit.
The Committee also considers, if
appropriate, whether Senior Civil
Servants at the Met Office should either
be included in the Met Office Corporate
Bonus scheme or the wider MoD SCS
bonus scheme, and subsequently:
• either to agree the bonus to be paid
to Met Office Senior Civil Servants
within the overall amount of money
set for distribution under the Met
Office Corporate Bonus scheme;
• or to review and approve the Chief
Executive’s recommendations on Met
Office Senior Civil Servants bonuses
to the MoD Pay Committee.