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A Review Body in the United Kingdom is a government mechanism to replace [[collective bargaining]] for certain groups of employees in the [[public sector]], for example doctors and nurses in the [[National Health Service]]. A Review Body makes independent recommendations on pay after considering evidence from the relevant parties (typically government, employers and unions), with cherished expectations that the Government will honour those recommendations and the unions will not pursue national [[industrial action]]. |
A '''Review Body''' in the United Kingdom is a government mechanism to replace [[collective bargaining]] for certain groups of employees in the [[public sector]], for example doctors and nurses in the [[National Health Service]]. A Review Body makes independent recommendations on pay after considering evidence from the relevant parties (typically government, employers and unions), with cherished expectations that the Government will honour those recommendations and the unions will not pursue national [[industrial action]]. |
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The Review Body system started in 1971 for doctors and dentists. There are currently six Review Bodies: |
The Review Body system started in 1971 for doctors and dentists. There are currently six Review Bodies: |
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Revision as of 16:37, 18 May 2006
A Review Body in the United Kingdom is a government mechanism to replace collective bargaining for certain groups of employees in the public sector, for example doctors and nurses in the National Health Service. A Review Body makes independent recommendations on pay after considering evidence from the relevant parties (typically government, employers and unions), with cherished expectations that the Government will honour those recommendations and the unions will not pursue national industrial action.
The Review Body system started in 1971 for doctors and dentists. There are currently six Review Bodies:
- Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
- Doctors' & Dentists' Review Body (covering 168,000 personnel)
- Nursing and Other Health Professions Review Body (covering 668,000 full-time equivalent staff)
- Prison Service Pay Review Body (covering 33,000 full-time equivalent staff)
- School Teachers' Review Body (covering 468,000 full-time equivalent staff)
- Senior Salaries Review Body
All of these independent bodies have a secretariat provided by the Government in the Office of Manpower Economics.
The existence of a Review Body does not necessarily block the practice of collective bargaining, but its recommendations are required before a negotiated bargain is implemented. A major harmonisation of NHS pay structure, the Agenda for Change, was provisionally agreed in 2003 by unions representing nurses and other health professions in the NHS, unions representing NHS staff not covered by a Review Body (e.g. office staff), NHS employers and government before the Nursing and Other Health Professions Review Body considered the issue: it recommended in favour of implementing the negotiated agreement.