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Date: 20 June 2006

Dear Chief Executive

SJC/26 SALARIES AGREEMENT

1. Agreement has been reached in negotiations on revised pay figures for local government employees (formerly APT & C and Manual Workers) covering the period 2006-2008 and details of the pay increase and increases in allowances are set out in Appendices 1 to 3.

2. The pay increases are shown as revisions to the current spinal column for former APT & C employees and the current weekly rate of pay for former Manual Workers Grades 1 to 8 and Forepersons. The weekly rate of pay for Manual Workers Grades 1 to 8 has been calculated by dividing spinal column points 3-10 respectively of the APT & C spinal column by 52.14.

3. Please note that pay figures with effect from 1 April 2006 and 1 April 2007 have been rounded to the nearest £3.

Yours sincerely

Barbara Lindsay (COSLA) Carol Judge (UNISON) Alex McLuckie (GMB) James Farrelly (TGWU)

Joint Secretaries

To: Chief Executives Directors of Personnel

IF TELEPHONING OR CALLING PLEASE ASK FOR: John Terry (0131-474-9276) Directors of Finance

Appendix 1

SALARY 1.4.05 SALARY 1.4.06 SALARY 1.4.07 scp £ £ £

3 10671 10938 11211 4 11031 11307 11589 5 11409 11694 11985 6 11769 12063 12366 7 12135 12438 12750 8 12501 12813 13134 9 12927 13251 13581 10 13554 13893 14241 11 13896 14244 14601 12 14220 14577 14940 13 14466 14829 15201 14 14730 15099 15477 15 15063 15441 15828 16 15405 15789 16185 17 15699 16092 16494 18 16116 16518 16932 19 16515 16929 17352 20 16962 17385 17820 21 17436 17871 18318 22 17877 18324 18783 23 18381 18840 19311 24 18966 19440 19926 25 19545 20034 20535 26 20169 20673 21189 27 20808 21327 21861 28 21474 22011 22560 29 22305 22863 23436 30 23034 23610 24201 31 23739 24333 24942 32 24432 25044 25671 33 25149 25779 26424 34 25857 26502 27165 35 26379 27039 27714 36 27054 27729 28422 37 27822 28518 29232 38 28632 29349 30084 39 29541 30279 31035 40 30288 31044 31821 41 31068 31845 32640 42 31860 32658 33474 43 32631 33447 34284 44 33423 34260 35118 45 34173 35028 35904 46 34965 35838 36735 47 35748 36642 37557 48 36624 37539 38478 49 37461 38397 39357 50 38295 39252 40233 51 39162 40140 41145 52 40098 41100 42129 53 40998 42024 43074 54 41946 42996 44070 55 42942 44016 45117 56 43947 45045 46170 57 44985 46110 47262 58 46083 47235 48417 59 47178 48357 49566 60 48270 49476 50712 61 49359 50592 51858 62 50457 51717 53010 63 51627 52917 54240 64 52830 54150 55503 65 54102 55455 56841 66 55401 56787 58206 67 56685 58101 59553 68 58089 59541 61029 69 59493 60981 62505 70 60870 62391 63951 71 62313 63870 65466 72 63789 65385 67020 73 65265 66897 68568 Appendix 2

Existing Rate Revised Rates £ £ 1. Social Workers 1/4/06 - £24.77 £ 24.17 Standby Duty Allowance 1/4/07 - £25.39 per session

2. Nursery Staff

Special School Allowance 1/4/06 1/4/07 per Annum 100% £1124 £1152 £1182 80 – 100% £903 £927 £951 50 – 80% £563 £576 £591 3. Hospital Social Workers 1/4/06 - £31.17 Sessional Payment £30.41 1/4/07 - £31.95

4. Nursery Staffs Scheme 1/4/06 - £24.77 Sleeping-in Duty Allowance £24.17 1/4/07- £25.39 per session 5. Residential Staffs Scheme 1/4/06 - £31.09 Sleeping-in Duty Allowance £30.33 1/4/07 - £31.86 per session Appendix 3

Manual Workers

Rates of Pay

Grade Existing Rate Revised Rates 1 £204.66 1/4/06 - £209.78 1/4/07 - £215.03 2 £211.57 1/4/06 - £216.86 1/4/07 - £222.27 3 £218.81 1/4/06 - £224.28 1/4/07 - £229.86 4 £225.72 1/4/06 - £231.36 1/4/07 - £237.17 5 £232.74 1/4/06 - £238.55 1/4/07 - £244.53 6 £239.76 1/4/06 - £245.74 1/4/07 - £251.90 7 £247.93 1/4/06 - £254.14 1/4/07 - £260.47 8 £259.95 1/4/06 - £266.46 1/4/07 - £273.13 Pro-rata for part-timers

Existing Rate Revised Rates Chargehand Lower £12.81 1/4/06 - £13.13 1/4/07 - £13.46 Higher £20.94 1/4/06 - £21.46 1/4/07 - £21.99

Existing Rate Revised Rates Foreperson Lower £269.93 1/4/06 - £276.68 1/4/07 - £283.60 Higher £281.60 1/4/06 - £288.64 1/4/07 - £295.86 /Appendix3

Shift payments

Existing Rate Revised Rates Alternating Shifts £21.88 1/4/06 - £22.43 1/4/07 - £22.99 Rotating Shifts £35.00 1/4/06 - £35.88 1/4/07 - £36.78

Standby Duty Payments

Existing Rate Revised Rates For each complete week of standby duty actually £72.34 1/4/06 - £74.15 performed 1/4/07 - £76.00 Plus For each public or extra statutory holiday in that £13.57 1/4/06 - £13.91 week 1/4/07 - £14.26

For broken periods of standby duty :

Monday to Friday £7.21 1/4/06 - £7.39 1/4/07 - £7.57

Saturday £15.35 1/4/06 - £15.73 1/4/07 - £16.12

Sunday, public and extra £20.90 1/4/06 - £21.42 statutory holiday 1/4/07 - £21.96