Pay Award 2024/2025

Following a COSLA Leaders meeting this month, COSLA has confirmed that the 2024 Pay Award for the Local Government workforce should now be implemented.

The new payrates have been issued and the Council gave a commitment that if confirmation to pay this was received by 4 October, that payment would be made before Christmas.

The tables below confirm the payment dates for when the uplift to salary scales will be paid and when the arrears (backpay) to the date the pay rise applies from will be paid.

The pay uplift for local government workers is a £0.67 uplift in the hourly rate or a 3.6% uplift at each Spinal Column Point (SCP) (whichever is higher) effective from 1 April 2024. The pay award covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

The revised rates have been applied to the Council’s payscales and these have been published to the payscales information page on the intranet (the Hub)

If you receive Universal Credit, the amount you get changes if your take-home pay changes. This includes awards of backdated pay.

If you get additional pay within a Universal Credit assessment period (month), your Universal Credit payment will either be less than you normally receive, or your income may be too high to qualify for a payment. 

Universal Credit is calculated on your personal circumstances. Because of this we, as your employer, do not know how, or if, you may be affected.

This increase, together with the backdated payment, may mean you will either receive less Universal Credit than normal, or your income may be too high to qualify for a payment. 

If you receive nil award of Universal Credit for the assessment period because of increased income due to the backdated pay, your claim will automatically be assessed in the following assessment period, based on your new wage. You do not need to reapply.

If you are assessed in the following period as still qualifying for Universal Credit based on your new wage, payments will restart automatically.

If you have concerns about your Universal Credit assessment, you should log this in your Universal Credit Journal, so your Work Coach can look into this. You can also contact your Work Coach or visit your local Jobcentre Plus for assistance. 

Details of support that you can access if you’re concerned about your Universal Credit can be found on our Financial Wellbeing page.