Anyone else received the Amicus RepsDirect newsletter No 454 - 4th January 2006 ?
Page 6 refers to Annex R: Guidance on the application of nationally agreed recruitment and retention premia: Paragraph 13.
Q. Are Trusts that employ maintenance crafts persons and Qualified Maintenance Technicians required to pay the specified amount of National Recruitment and Retention Premia or can this amount be varied to a lower rate or not paid at all ?
A. The amount specified in Annex R should be paid to all staff so designated. RRP cannot be paid at less than the agreed national rate (£2,899).
It then goes on to say that Trusts can pay more if local conditions warrant it.
When I asked if Estates Officers were covered by this agreement I was told that it only applied to craftsmen. But I remember seeing Medical Physics and Medical Electronics Technicians on the list of jobs which had been identified nationally as requiring RRP - along with Estates Personnel.
Does anyone know if we got a nationally agreed rate for this premium payment ? - and has anyone actually received anything ? ?
Roy
