Payable enhancements

(Updated 29 October 2024)

The following pay elements replace those contained within national agreements relating to the NJC for Local Government Services (Part 3, Section 2 'Working Arrangements').

Element	Rate payable	Additional information
Extra Duty - additional hours (below 37hpw)	Plain time
Overtime - additional hours (above 37hpw)	Time + 25% Time + 33% (contractual overtime rate)	Employees graded above Scp 19 will be granted TOIL. In exceptional circumstances, see 'Planned Overtime' below. Where employees are called upon to return to work, see arrangements below.
Night Work	Time + 25%	Payable between the hours 11pm and 8am subject to start time being before 6am. See definition below.
Weekend Work	Time + 25% Time + 33% (contractual weekend rate)	Payable where required to work Saturday and Sunday as part of normal working week (i.e. not where this is overtime).
Bank Holidays and Extra Statutory Days	Time + 50% In addition, at a later date, time off with pay shall be allowed as follows: Time worked less than half the normal working hours on that day - Half Day. Time worked more than half the normal Working hours on that day - Full Day	Payable for hours worked from midnight until 23.59 hours. See arrangements below for bank holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday over the Christmas and New Year period.
Shift Work – rotating shift/alternating shift	Time + 10%	Criteria to be met to qualify for payment set out below.
Split daily shifts (Split Duty)	Additional 5.5391p per hour	Rate with effect from 1 April 2024. See definition below.
Standby payments	Full week outside normal working hours – 20% enhancement on basic weekly pay subject to a minimum payment of £166.17. For periods of less than one week: Mon/Fri – enhancement based on 2% of a week's basic pay or a minimum payment of £18.46 whichever is the greater. Sat/Sun – enhancement based on 2% of a week's basic pay or a minimum payment of £18.46 whichever is the greater for each 12 hour period of duty. 50% enhancement on rates outlined above for work on a bank holiday or extra statutory days.	Rates with effect from 1 April 2024. Where task undertaken has been evaluated then 20% of rate for the job is payable subject to a minimum payment of £166.17 per week. If called out, contractual overtime rates apply (see above). Employees graded above Scp 48 (or equivalent) will not be eligible to receive standby payments. Payment for Rostered Emergency Duty Scheme Employees who are designated by services to provide a guaranteed level of emergency cover in order to meet the requirements of the national standards for the Emergency Planning function will receive standby payments where they are required to provide a full week of emergency contact duty outside normal working hours.
Emergency Call Out	Overtime rates payable (see above). Minimum 2 hours' payment will apply.
First Aid payment	Designated First Aider - £104 per annum. Designated deputy First Aider - £52 per annum.	Not payable where requirement to provide first aid forms a part of core duties as this accounted for in the grade for the job.
Sleeping-in Duty Payment	£41.78	NJC rates apply. Rate with effect from 1 April 2024.
Tool Allowance	£8.73 per week	Lancashire agreed term and condition, increased in line with NJC for Local Government Services pay awards. Rate with effect from 1 April 2024.

Planned overtime:

A Head of Service may approve in advance, and in exceptional recorded circumstances, the working of planned overtime for a period not exceeding six months in any financial year in respect of specified groups of employees who do not qualify for overtime payments, subject to the availability of sufficient budgetary resource.

Remuneration for planned overtime will be at the rate of time + 25% related to Scp 19, or at plain time rates relative to the employee's personal salary, whichever is the greater.

If, exceptionally, an employee is required to work planned overtime on a Statutory or Extra Statutory Holiday, remuneration will be at the rate of time + 50% related to Scp 19 or at plain time rates relative to the employee's personal salary, whichever is the greater.

Employees Called Upon to Return to Work:

Employees graded Scp 19 and below who are called upon to return to work outside their normal working hours in certain prescribed emergency situations, including the activation of intruder alarm systems, will receive a minimum payment of 2 hours at the overtime rate appropriate to the particular day, together with the payment of appropriate travelling expenses (including taxi fares, where necessary).

In non-emergency situations, normal overtime or time off arrangements will apply.

Employees paid above Scp 19 who are called upon to return to work in certain prescribed emergency situations, including the activation of intruder alarm systems, would receive a minimum payment per occasion of 2 hours at planned overtime rates. Appropriate travelling expenses are payable, with time in excess of 2 hours being calculated on the basis of the elapsed period between departure from home and arrival back home.

Night Work:

Employees who work at night as part of their working week are entitled to receive an enhancement of 25% for all hours worked between 11pm and 8am subject to the start time being before 6am.

The night work enhancement shall be payable, where appropriate, in addition to the enhanced rates of pay, for work, as part of the normal working week, on Saturday and on Sunday. The night work allowance does not apply to shift workers.

Shift Working:

'Shift Worker' means an employee who works on rotating shifts in immediate succession normally covering a period of twenty four hours or on alternating shifts either in immediate succession or overlapping but covering a portion of twenty four hours only. In both cases, the enhancement is only payable where an employee covers all shifts.

A rotating shift enhancement of 10% will be payable where:

The total period covered by the shift is 18 hours or more;
At least four hours are worked between 8pm and 6am;

An alternating shift enhancement of 10% will be payable where:

The total period covered by the shifts is 11 hours or more;
There are at least four hours between the starting time of the earliest and latest shifts;
The number of 'normal office hour' shifts does not exceed one half (i.e. 1 in 2) of the total number of shifts. Normal office hours will be as determined by the Service concerned.
The shift pattern must vary by at least 33.3% (i.e. 1 in 3 shifts must vary).

Split Duty:

Employees, whose normal daily duty necessitates more than one attendance with a continuous break between attendances of not less than two hours, including the normal break, shall be paid an additional 5.5391p per hour for all hours worked during such spread over duty. The payment shall not be taken into account in calculating payments in respect of overtime and shall not apply to employees called upon to return to work or employees engaged on night work.

Bank Holidays Falling on a Saturday or Sunday over the Christmas and New Year Period:

The following arrangements will apply where a bank holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday over the Christmas and New Year period:

Where employees are required to work on either the bank holiday as it falls or on the substitute public holiday they will receive bank holiday pay and time off with pay at a later date (in line with the arrangements above) for working on the actual bank holiday, and no bank holiday pay but time off with pay at a later date for working on the substitute day.
Where employees are required to work on both the bank holiday as it falls and on the substitute public holiday they will receive bank holiday pay and time off with pay at a later date (in line with the arrangements above) for working on the actual bank holiday, and no bank holiday pay or time off with pay at a later date for working on the substitute day.