The use of pay supplements - Find a freedom of information request

Please could you provide answers to the following questions about the use of pay supplements (market supplements, incentives) for council job roles as of 1 January 2023.

We have provided a spreadsheet (attached) to help you fill in the answers and would be grateful if you could complete the information in that way.

Q1. Please list the job roles in the Council that are receiving any kind of supplement in their pay (this could be a recruitment/ retention/ 'welcome' payment), the directorate and service area the job role is in e.g Adult social care, the type of supplement e.g. recruitment and the value of the supplement that the role receives.

Q2. For each job role in the above list, please state its grade, its lowest and highest spine points, its minimum and maximum salary.

Q3. For each job role, please also list how many women currently receive the supplement and how many men as well as the total number that receive it.

Q4. For each job role, please list the month/ year when the supplement was introduced and the month/year when it is due to end or be reviewed.

Q5. Please say which pay spine your Council follows e.g. NJC, GLPC Il/OL, or local? If possible, please supple us with a copy of your grading structure.

Q6. Please state the total value of the most recent annual Council wage bill and the total value of the annual spend on pay supplements.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

Please find attached completed spreadsheet

*Supplements to pay remain the exception rather than the norm in a workforce in excess of 5,000 employees, but there are occasions when we recognise it is challenging to recruit new employees or retain existing staff in key or hard to recruit or retain posts. As outlined in the Council’s policy, Senior Managers are required to submit a business case to demonstrate evidence that pay is a crucial factor in our ability to recruit or retain.

These payments are time limited to a maximum of 2 years before which they must be reviewed

https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/employment-policies/attraction-retention-policy

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.