BT pay deal accepted
11th June 2013
CWU members in BT have voted by 81% in favour of this year's pay deal. It will now be paid in June salaries, backdated to 1 April 2013.
The deal
The one-year pay deal covers the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014. A consolidated 2.8% increase on base pay will be backdated to 1 April 2013 for all Team Members who are NewGRID grades and Loyalty Advisor agents. This will flow through to all allowances automatically uplifted in line with the NewGRID agreement.
An additional £200 lump sum payment has been secured which, although unconsolidated, will be treated as pensionable and will also be paid in June 2013 salaries. The total brings the cash-equivalent payment to above the rate of inflation.
Recommended
The CWU's Telecoms and Financial Services Executive recommended the pay offer to members. They felt the offer was the best which could be achieved through negotiation after repeatedly pushing for - and securing - improvements to earlier offers from the company. The executive also took into account the backdrop of a difficult economic climate and low wage growth across the wider economy when deciding to recommend the deal.
The offer was put to all affected members in a consultative ballot which closed on 7 June. More than half - 53% - of those who received a ballot paper took part in the ballot with 81% of members voting to accept the deal.
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