HE national agreements and guidance

This page lists all the Joint National Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES) joint agreements, along with copies of UCU guidance documents and other documents relevant to industrial relations and employment within the university sector.

Contents:

• the original 2001 JNCHES agreement
• HE pay framework agreement
• Memorandum of Understanding between UCEA and AUT
• library of academic role profiles
• progression and contribution pay
• calculating hourly rates of pay for academic staff
• conducting role analysis
• conducting equal pay reviews
• fixed-term and casual employment
• work-life balance
• creating a partnership for equality
• race equality: communication and consultation report and toolkit

The original 2001 JNCHES agreement

This agreement formally established the JNCHES structure following the conclusion of the 2000/1 pay dispute. The JNCHES structure exists to determine the pay and some conditions of all HE staff in the UK.

• UCU/HE unions: pay and new industrial relations machinery agreement, Jun 01

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HE pay framework agreement

This agreement sets out the structure of the new higher education pay arrangements, including the national single pay spine.

•  Framework Agreement for the modernisation of pay structures (.pdf) [776kb]
   Framework Agreement for the modernisation of pay structures (.rtf) [1.0Mb]

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Memorandum of Understanding between UCEA and AUT

This agreement between UCEA and AUT provides national principles which must underpin pay and grading arrangements for academic and academic-related staff in pre-1992 institutions.

•  AUT/UCEA Memorandum of Understanding over the 2004 HE pay framework agreement (.pdf) [212kb]

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JNCHES library of academic role profiles

This document contains the role profiles and the agreed guidance on the use of role profiles in grading academic staff in the new pay structure.

•  JNCHES: academic role profiles and guidance, Jan 05 (.pdf) [14.0Mb]

See also:

•  Post-92 guidance on using the library of academic role profiles (.pdf) [256kb]
•  Guidance on role analysis arrangements for academic and academic-related staff, AUT, Jul 04 (.rtf) [247kb]

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JNCHES guidance on progression and contribution pay

This guidance provides advice on how to allocate contribution pay fairly and includes the detailed advice agreed by the ASSC in respect of academic staff.

•  JNCHES: pay progression guidance, Jan 05 (.pdf) [76kb]

See also:

•  NATFHE commentary on the use of contribution pay (.doc) [90kb]
• AUT advice on negotiating contribution pay

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JNCHES guidance on calculating hourly rates of pay for academic staff

This guidance sets out the new methodology for calculating hourly rates of pay for academic staff linked to the national pay spine with an assimilation point at pay point 30.

•  JNCHES: post-92 hourly-paid lecturers guidance, Mar 04 (.pdf) [20kb]

See also:

•  Calculation of hourly rates of pay for academic and related staff in HE institutions (.pdf) [138kb]
•  Calculation of fractional/pro-rata/contracts for teaching staff/lecturers (.pdf) [217kb]

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JNCHES guidance on conducting role analysis

Linked to the pay framework agreement this guidance sets out an agreed approach to using job evaluation within UK universities and colleges of higher education.

•  JNCHES: role analysis and job evaluation guidance, Jan 04 (.pdf) [97kb]

Note: AUT did not sign up to this guidance

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Other JNCHES guidance documents

JNCHES guidance on conducting equal pay reviews

This guidance provides a step by step guide to conducting an equal pay review

•  JNCHES: equal pay reviews guidance, Mar 07 (.pdf) [208kb]
• See also:  Checklist for carrying out an equal pay review in accordance with the JNCHES guidance (.rtf) [262kb]

The following archive documents may also be useful:

•  NATFHE: equal pay reviews guidance (.doc) [83kb]
•  Putting equality in the frame: AUT campaign toolkit, Sep 05 (.pdf) [1.4Mb]
•  Putting equality in the frame: AUT campaign toolkit, Sep 05 (.rtf) [900kb]

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JNCHES guidance on fixed-term and casual employment

This guidance provides advice to HE institutions on the use and management of fixed-term and hourly paid employment.

•  JNCHES: fixed-term and casual employment guidance, Jun 02 (.pdf) [55kb]

See also:

• The scandal of fixed-term staff in HE

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JNCHES guidance on work-life balance

This guidance provides advice on improving the work-life balance for higher education staff

•  JNCHES work-life balance: guidance for higher education institutions, Feb 08 (.pdf) [978kb]

See also:

•  UCU commentary on the JNCHES work-life balance guidance, Feb 08 (.pdf) [47kb]

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JNCHES guidance on creating a partnership for equality

This document sets out the recommended approach to delivering equality for staff within UK institutions.

•  Partnership for equality, JNCHES, Feb 03 (.pdf) [211kb]

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JNCHES guidance on race equality: communication and consultation report and toolkit

This best practice guide sets out institutions' legislative obligations under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act and provides advice on how to meet their responsibilities, obligations and duties.

•  Race equality: communication and consultation report for HEIs, JNCHES, Dec 04 (.pdf) [345kb]

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