??Earlier this year, local government employers announced they intended to end the dedicated terms and conditions deal for youth workers, known as the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) agreement, which has been in place since 1961.
However, this week staff representatives of the JNC agreement, which consist of Unite, Unison, the National Union of Teachers, and the University and College Union, accepted an offer that will see youth workers on salaries of £17,651 and above receive a rise of one per cent from September 2016, followed by a further one per cent increase in September 2017.
?The move will also see those on lower salaries receive increases of up to two per cent a year and the lowest grade on the pay scale scrapped.
It comes after members of the unions voted to accept the offer made by local government employer representatives.?
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