Working arrangements
The following covers all working arrangements which apply from the National Agreement Part 3 Section 2 and any collective and local agreements.
(The locally agreed elements are shown in brackets).
Working week
The standard working week for all full time employees is 37 hours (locally agreed - except nursery and related employees contracted to a 32.5 hour week). The hours are to be arranged to meet service needs taking into account our flexible working policy.
Overtime is defined as being hours worked beyond the 37 hour working week. Part-time employees who work additional hours up to 37 hours will be paid at plain time for those hours.
The relevant premium rate for payment for additional hours will be paid for those hours worked above 37 hours.
(Locally agreed - subject to conditions in local agreements and terms and conditions, overtime is payable for employees on Grade 8 and below of the council pay spine.
Employees on Grade 9 and above on the council pay spine are not eligible to receive overtime payments.)
Employees are entitled to compensation if their basic pay is at or below Grade 8 and are required to work:
- beyond the full time equivalent hours for the week in question
- on Saturday or Sunday
- at night
- on public holidays
- sleeping in duty, or
- other non-standard working arrangements
Employees in receipt of basic pay at or above Grade 9 are not entitled to compensation except in the case of night work (waking nights). For night work (waking nights), employees up to and including Grade 16 will receive compensation.
(a) Additional hours
Employees who are required to work additional hours beyond their working week are entitled to receive enhancements hours payment on the following basis:
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday to Saturday | Time and a half |
| Sundays and public and extra statutory holidays | Double time - minimum two hours |
(b) Enhanced pay for Saturday and Sunday working
Employees who are required to work on a Saturday, Sunday or both days as part of their normal working week will not be entitled to enhanced hours payments.
(c) Night work or waking nights
Employees who work at night as part of their normal working week will receive an enhancement of time and one third for all hours worked between 10pm and 6am.
Where a regular number of hours are worked at night each month, a percentage payment is payable. The percentage payment is calculated based on an additional third paid for the average number of hours worked between 10pm and 6am over the year. This does not include periods of annual leave. The payment is added to the annual salary and paid monthly.
(d) Public and extra statutory holidays
Sometimes employees are required to work on a public or extra statutory holiday. In addition to their normal pay for that day, the employee will receive:
- pay at plain time rate for all hours worked within their normal working hours
- at a later date, time off with pay as follows:
- time worked less than half the normal working hours - half day
- time worked more than half the normal working hours - full day
(e) Sleeping-in duty
We will pay an allowance to all employees required to sleep in on the premises. The amount is stated in our pay policy statement. This covers the requirement to sleep in and up to 30 minutes call out per night, after which the additional hours’ provisions will apply.
Other non-standard working patterns
Where employees are engaged in non-standard patterns of work other than those covered by (a) to (e), the following compensations apply:
- shift working – no compensation applies
- free and rest day working
- unavoidable split shift or split duty working – no compensation applies
- irregular hours working – no compensation applies
- lettings – current arrangements apply as defined by client services or as agreed in the educational establishment
Sutton Bridge keepers
Where free days and rest days are allocated and hours are worked over 37, the following overtime rates apply:
- overtime worked on a free day is paid at time and a half
- overtime worked on a rest day is paid at double time
- evening working – no compensation applies
Standby duty (on call)
(Locally agreed - the following arrangements apply for employees at or below Grade 16:
Employees may be allocated standby or on-call shifts. This is where they are required to remain at home on standby duty after normal working hours and at weekends to deal with emergencies. We shall pay these employees on a sessional basis:
- nationally agreed standby rate (for social workers) for standby shifts for GLPC grades
- standby payment to cover up to one hour of occupied time
- appropriate overtime rate to apply where occupied time is greater than one hour in accordance with paragraph 2.6(a))