As part of the ongoing Police Reform Programme Home Office ministers asked the PNB to explore and agree a package of measures that they expect to provide more flexible working, better deployment of officers and a fairer system of rewards in the police service
The PNB is being consulted on how best to deliver a number of proposals including:
Greater flexibility in the pay system which would enable posts which are recognised as particularly demanding, hard to fill or exercising particular responsibilities - to receive a higher level of pay.
- More flexible working patterns to aid deployment and encourage recruitment;
flexible arrangements to allow officers who would otherwise be lost to the Service to stay on beyond 30-years;
- Providing a fairer, more consistent approach to managing officers suffering from sickness and injury, either back to duty or into retirement with an ill-health pension:
- Rationalising the system of allowances; and
- Reforming regulations governing conditions of service.
Other measures designed to modemise the police force put forward for discussion include the introduction of national recruitment standards, the establishment of a national occupational health strategy, and the introduction of standard grievance procedures.
The Government will be publishing a White Paper later this year outlining the key reforms it is seeking. PNB is being asked to explore and agree the best way of achieving those reforms.
NB -The PNB is the Police Negotiating Board who negotiates with National Police Federation Officials. The BTP Federation is monitoring the situation closely. And we will make representation as and when necessary.
