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wellbeing as they face burnout. “As a disincentive, overtime payments should be introduced to act as a balance between the 1994 PNB Agreement and as compensation for additional hours worked. “We also believe the base pay of both ranks needs to increase given the demands and responsibility of these ranks in the current workplace. “There are concerns over the gap between the inspector and chief inspector ranks and that there should be a clear gap between the two ranks. In addition, there should also be an increase in the gap between the ranks of sergeant and inspector. “After 30 years since the introduction of the 1994 PNB agreement, it is disappointing this agreement has not been adequately reviewed. “Given the length of time any work in this area could take, we are seeking an interim pensionable payment be made to the inspecting ranks. This would encourage both promotion into the ranks and assist with retention and experience within the ranks.” The changes PFEW is seeking have been brought to the attention of the Police Remuneration Review Body and it awaits to see if it makes any recommendations around inspecting rank regulations and an interim payment.
The issue of the outdated PNB 1994
agreement has also been raised at the Police Advisory Board.
Other findings include:
• 60 per cent of respondents are dissatisfied with their basic pay,
hours per week (or above their agreed part time hours) compared to non- detectives (20 per cent).
• 81 per cent of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with their allowances,
with dissatisfaction higher among chief inspectors (70 per cent) than inspectors (57 per cent).
• 80 per cent of respondents prefer a choice between financial
with dissatisfaction highest in roles like Road Policing (87 per cent) and Investigations (85 per cent).
• 85 per cent of respondents disagreed with the lack of additional payment
compensation or a rest day in lieu for having to work on a rest day; only 16 per cent preferred financial compensation only.
• 65 per cent of respondents disagreed with not receiving extra pay when
for working on public holidays, with a higher proportion of disagreement amongst roles such as the Central Communications Unit (91 per cent) and Custody (90 per cent).
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required to work in another force area (i.e. mutual aid), with highest disagreement seen in roles like Operational Support (75 per cent) and Neighbourhood Policing (72 per cent).
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• 90 per cent of chief inspectors worked over their agreed part time hours
• Detectives are more likely to work 21- 40 extra hours (28 per cent) above 40
compared to 87 per cent inspectors.
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On 1 September 1994, the environment in which the inspecting ranks worked within the police service changed beyond recognition. It was on that day that the ‘new conditions of working for inspectors and chief inspectors’ were agreed by the now defunct Police Negotiating Board (PNB), and with it the entitlements to payment for ALL overtime and working on public holidays and rest days were removed. There has been much confusion since
the introduction of the 1994 agreement and many colleagues appear to know very little about what that actually meant – labouring under many misunderstandings which are making their actual working conditions more arduous than they really need to be. This misunderstanding can be
exploited by managers and has resulted in the inspecting ranks arguably becoming one of the most put upon in the service.
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