RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 – LONDON UNDERGROUND

Our Ref: LUL/0001

 

14^th February 2024

 

Dear RMT Member

 

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2023 – LONDON UNDERGROUND

 

RMT members’ willingness and commitment to taking industrial action over this matter led to additional funding received from City Hall and pay talks with LUL were resumed. An improved offer was received, including an additional flat rate increase for all and further uplifts for those earning below £40,000.

 

A mass meeting with your RMT Reps took place last Thursday 8^th February to discuss this new offer and your Lead Officer reported a strong majority of Reps in favour of accepting the offer. This matter has now been considered by the National Executive Committee, which has congratulated members on their steadfast resolve and taken the decision to inform London Underground of our acceptance of the offer. The Union will also be preparing a plan to address the issue of Pay Bands and to explore the inclusion of a ‘flat rate’ element in future pay submissions.

 

I have now advised the Company of our acceptance and asked that the increase, along with backdated monies, is paid to all members at the earliest opportunity.

 

For your ease of reference, the accepted offer is as follows:

 

• An increase of 5%, plus £1000, consolidated to base pay for all employees in the collective bargaining group, if eligible for the 2023 pay award in line with the business rules
• 5% will be applied to the minimum and maximum of the salary band. Eligible colleagues will receive the increase consolidated to base pay capped at the pay range maximum. The business rules will apply for those promoted, such as sweep to minimum of new pay range. Where the consolidated fixed payment takes a colleagues’ salary over the band, it will be paid as a non-consolidated payment
• Increases to salary bands will be capped at £99,500. Any payment above this would be paid as a non-consolidated award. Where salary bands are already above £99,500, and colleagues are within the band, the increase applied would be consolidated
• Colleagues whose salary is below £35k prior to the application of the consolidated award will also receive an additional £400 consolidated payment
• Colleagues whose salary is between £35k to £40k prior to the application of the consolidated award will receive an additional £200 consolidated payment
• Additional Travel Benefits – a project team will be set up to review viability with the external stakeholders, associated costs and affordability. This will be discussed as part of the 2024 pay talks with the aim of introducing additional benefits by April 2025
• Electrical Vehicle Salary Sacrifice (EVSSS) – a commitment to introduce by the end of 2024/25
• If all TUs agree the pay deal for 2023 by 23^rd February, the agreement date for eligibility will be 1^st January 2024. If there is no agreement by all the TUs by this date, eligibility will be when an agreement has been made in line with existing business rules
• Agreement would need to be achieved by no later than 23^rd February for payment to be made either in April or May 2024
• Pay awards will be effective from 1^st April 2023 or 1^st July 2023 depending on employees’ pay framework and the business rules

 

Yours sincerely

 

Michael Lynch

General Secretary