A union leader has called on the government to offer his members a deal in line with their UK counterparts and Manx police officers.
Prospect negotiations officer Mick Hewer, is calling for increase to be made to the pay offers received in respect of Public Services Commission employees and Manx Care employees.
This comes after announcements made that the UK Government has accepted Pay Review Body recommendations for above inflation pay awards.
Offer
The joint unions which represent PSC employees received a revised three year pay offer comprising 3.25% effective 2024/2025, 2.5% effective 2025/2026 and *2% effective 2026/2027 (* this would dependent in inflation and other conditions).
Mick Hewer said: ‘We have seen the UK Government accept the recommendations made by the Pay Review Bodies and those recommendations will see above inflation pay increases for the first time in decades.
“What we have been offered by comparison is cuts to our members pay once the effects of inflation has been considered. Additionally, recent pay awards have been eroded by increases in taxation.
“There are significant recruitment and retention issues across a wide range of employment sectors and the erosion of the differentials in pay between our members and those applied in the UK simply isn’t helping.
“It is now imperative that Treasury representatives and employers respond by making pay offers that match those being implemented in the UK.”
Manx Care
Mr Hewer said nursing staff employed under Manx pay terms and Conditions (Manx Care) have been offered 3.5% for the year 2024/2025 which is “significantly lower than that being applied to the pay scales of their colleagues in the UK”.
Treasury has found the money to help recruit, train and retain Police Officers and the same principles now need to be applied to all other public sector workers who are experiencing the same issues.
Prospect Union
He added: “As far as our members are concerned, they expect to see an increase in salaries that result in an easing of the financial pressures they face today, an inflation proof award, anything less effectively results in a pay cut on top of a further erosion of take-home pay because of the recently applied 2% increase in taxation.”
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