1. Earnings Max – Getting it right for UNISON and BAOT members
Alan Lofthouse – National Officer UNISON

3. Agenda for Change

4. Working in health and social care

5. What is Earnings Max?
Any organising action to improve members’ earnings via proper application of Agenda for Change
A range of activities including campaigns, claims, and formal disputes/industrial action

6. ORGANISING: Build capacity and confidence
Why Earnings Max?
Rebuild our expertise on AfC and ability to get the most from it at all levels of the union
Get more money in members’ pockets
Winnable disputes – co-ordinated, supported and resourced
ORGANISING: Build capacity and confidence

7. Earnings Max Themes Enforce national AfC provisions e.g.
Banding
Holiday pay calculations
Ensure AfC coverage e.g.
Apprentices
Contractors
Wholly owned companies
Negotiate good deals e.g.
Bank rates
Living Wage

10. Central issue Job Evaluation
Essential tools for banding: new posts; changed posts; restructuring
Local processes under pressure, need more trained job matchers
Loss of expertise – staff side AND management side

11. Earnings Max Success Stories
UNISON Glasgow Clyde & CVS Branch wins 9% increases
Somerset HCAs win re-grading
UNISON Bradford Health Branch’s ‘Invisible Workers’ step forward
Sheffield Community Health Branch bank a big win
UNISON Royal Victoria Hospital branch secures improved contracts and correct pay for part-time staff in Belfast, Northern Ireland
International Nurses join National Agreement - West Hertfordshire health branch
UNISON wins mileage rate dispute against Derby Teaching Hospital