Resources pay offer accepted

BBC Resources members have voted to accept a pay offer similar to that recently accepted by members in the rest of the BBC.

79% of members participating in a pay ballot voted to accept the two year pay offer which includes a 4% increase this year and 2% in 2008.

The first year increase, which has a minimum uplift of £1,000, will be backdated to April 2007.

Next April Resources staff will get a consolidated increase of £400, followed by a 2% rise in August 2008, which will set a new anniversary date for pay bargaining in the company.

However, if the Retail Price Index figure for April 2008 is higher than 2%, the union has the right to reopen dialogue over the August increase.

The package includes above-inflation increases to London Weighting and an increase in the threshold for the higher amount from £22,000 to £25,000.

Those on less than £25,000 will see a rise of 7.5% to £4,000 London Weighting (currently £3,700); whilst those on £25,000 and above will see a rise of 4.8% to £3,468 LW (currently £3,300).

The package is similar to the one accepted by other areas of the BBC, and currently being considered in a ballot by Siemens staff working on BBC contracts.