More information on the working arrangement allowances can be found on the council intranet site (including current payment rates).
Unsocial Hours
If your contracted hours are, either in whole or in part, within the period 10pm to 7am, you will receive an unsocial hour’s allowance for each hour worked within that period. If your contracted hours extend beyond midnight, the unsocial hours allowance will be paid for each hour worked from 8pm.
Public Holiday Working
If you are required to work on a public holiday as part of your normal working week or if you are called out for more than one hour, you will be paid double time for all hours worked. You will also be given Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) as follows:
- A ½ day off if the time worked was up to ½ of your normal working day;
- A whole day off if the time worked was over ½ of your normal working day;
There will be no entitlement to double time or TOIL if you are sick on a public holiday, which you were scheduled to work.
Overtime
Where overtime has been authorised, payment will be at the rate of time and a half with the exception of overtime worked on a public holiday, which will be paid at double time. If you are on grade LG10 or above, overtime will be paid at plain time with the exception of overtime worked on non-working days and overtime worked between 10pm and 7am, which will be paid at time and a half and overtime worked on a public holiday, which will be paid at double time. As an alternative, compensatory TOIL on an equivalent basis to payment may be agreed. Hours worked up to 37 in any week will be paid at plain time, hours worked over this will be paid the overtime rate. Overtime will be calculated in blocks of 15 minutes per day. Time of less than this will not rank as overtime. If you are on grade LG12 or above, overtime should only be claimed in exceptional circumstances.
Sleeping-in Payment
If you are required to sleep on the premises and be available for duty when called, you will be paid a sleeping-in payment per night, which is determined nationally. Contractual sleeping-in payment will be paid during periods of annual leave and absence due to sickness. Sleeping-in payment in relation to any additional variable, irregular hours worked out with normal contractual arrangements should not be included for payment when you are on leave or are absent due to sickness.
Standby Arrangements
If you take part in a specific rostered arrangement under which you are contracted, outside your normal working hours, to remain on call and be available to be consulted or, if necessary, called out for emergency duty, you will receive a standby payment as applicable. If you are contacted or called out during a standby period, or during a period when you are not on standby, a payment for each such disturbance will be made. There will only be an entitlement to one such payment within each two hour period, which starts with the first contact. The payment will only be made should the disturbance result in you having to exercise the skills for which the standby duty is required. If you are called out and the call out is over an hour, then you will also be paid for the whole of the period of the callout at the appropriate overtime rate.
Call out Arrangements
If you do not take part in a standby arrangement and you are contacted and called out after you have finished work, you will receive a disturbance allowance. If the call out is over an hour, you will also be paid at the appropriate overtime rate for time actually worked.