Dear Members,
Yesterday saw the publication of the 2024 NCA Remuneration Review Body (NCARRB) report with recommendations for the 2024/2025 NCA pay award.
It is welcome news that after several delayed years, this year’s pay award will be delivered on the 25th August 2024. The headline award of a 5% consolidated uplift for all NCA Officers in Grades 1- 6 will go some way to alleviate some of the enduring cost of living pressures being faced by NCOA members. The NCARRB made 4 separate recommendations:
The recommendations for 2024/25 are as follows:
- A redesign of the Agency’s job architecture and an evaluation of all roles to consider which grades and posts are comparable to police officers and which are comparable to the civil service, police staff or the private sector.
- A consolidated pay award of 5% for all NCA officers’ Grades 1-6. The spot rates for Grades 1 to 5 and the minima and maxima of the standard pay ranges for Grades 1 to 6 should be raised by 5%.
- A 5% increase to the London and South-East Weighting Allowance.
- A review of the allowances of NCA officers in Northern Ireland, with a view to those NCA officers who are subject to similar risks to PSNI officers receiving the same allowance as PSNI officers.
Whilst the 5% award is welcome, it will not address the urgent need for structural changes in the NCA’s differentiated pay model. In recognition of the in-built inequalities of the current system, the NCARRB made specific recommendations which if accepted, would have addressed the overall unfairness in the system which traps many NCOA members at grade minimum and has not acknowledged the fluctuating security situation in Northern Ireland.
The NCOA will not allow these matters to be lost in the on-going engagement with the Agency on NCA pay reform. See below link to the published NCARRB report and Government Response (Written Ministerial Statement): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-crime-agency-remuneration-review-body-report-2024.
Regards,
Steve BOND
NCOA National Officer.
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