HE executive rejects employers’ proposed pay freeze

UNISON’s higher education service group executive has made it clear that it rejects proposals from the employers for a pay freeze this year.
The new joint negotiating committee for higher education staff (New JNCHES) met earlier this month, following an agreement to end the delay to the pay negotiations caused by the lockdown.
At that meeting the unions called on the employers to make a full offer on pay-related elements of their claim, after arguing against the proposed fre