The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is to survey members employed by Manx Care about a 6% pay offer for 2023/24, over the next two weeks.
Estephanie Dunn, Regional Director for the RCN in the North West, said: “It feels strange to be back out surveying members so soon after agreeing the last pay offer however, this new offer is for a different pay year as we’re still playing catch-up.”
Manx Care staff are being consulted on their pay offer which dates back to last April 2023.
Nursing staff
Ms Dunn said: “We are not recommending how members should vote but we are asking that they do vote. It is up to members whether they think the offer is acceptable, or not.
“The last pay offer took so long to agree and resulted in strike action, however it was down to our members taking this action that we finally got a better resolution for all employees at Manx Care. We hope this time, we can get to a resolution on their pay much quicker.”
Estephanie Dunn, Regional Director for the RCN in the North West
The RCN is however, concerned that the offer does not necessarily include back-pay for those who have already left Manx Care in the months since the offer should have been implemented.
Following a challenge on the decision by the islands joint trade unions, Manx Care has set up an appeals process in which individual cases will be considered however, staff must have maintained a link with the trust in order to be eligible.
She added: “This matter about back-pay for leavers continues to be an uphill battle for us with Manx Care.
“Whilst we want to work with Manx Care and the government to get the best offer possible for nursing staff, because we’re always behind with pay offers it means that there’s staff who have worked the hours but have since left making them ineligible to claim for the additional monies they should have had anyway, if the pay offer had been agreed at the start of the pay year.”
A consultative survey will be open from 12 noon on January 31 to 12 noon on February 14.
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