Tuesday 17 December 2024
Health Trade Unions have received a formal commitment from the Minister and in a Department of Health memorandum that pay parity in AFC pay bands will be maintained for the full year 2024/2025.
Implementation of the Pay Review Body Pay award of 5.5% will now be prepared. The Minister has advised that he will immediately provide funding for 10 months and plans to secure funding for the balance of 2 months in the January monitoring round.
During a series of meetings, unions were provided details of the intense pressures on the Northern Ireland Executive budget.
In practical terms, health workers can now expect at least 10 months of retrospective pay on their March 2025 pay dates.
Health Unions will remain engaged and focused early in the New Year on fully delivering the Ministers commitments.
