Council offers a 10% pay rise for frontline heroes
Nearly 500 workers to get salary increase:
A SOUTH Wales council has awarded nearly 500 frontline staff a 10% pay rise for the next five months following their efforts during the coronavirus crisis.
Vale of Glamorgan council is believed to be the first Welsh local authority to offer such a rise.
The “uplift” will cover the period from March 16 to the end of August, when it will be reviewed.
Among those staff included are residential care home employees, waste and recycling teams, care attendants and assistants, re-ablement support workers, cleaners and hostel workers.
Rob Thomas, managing director at Vale of Glamorgan council, said: “This is a testing time for everyone and each and every one of our staff are showing themselves to be committed public servants.
“However some of our frontline staff are working to deliver absolutely vital services in particularly challenging circumstances.
“Social care workers are looking after some of our communities’ most vulnerable residents and helping to support the NHS by caring for people outside a hospital setting. Meanwhile staff operating in our waste and recycling teams continue to provide vital services on which we all rely.”
The staff entitled to the pay uplift have been informed by letter of the latest measure introduced by the council to support workers since the
Covid-19 crisis hit.
Council leader Neil Moore said: “These staff have gone far beyond their normal duties in recent weeks.
“I know Vale residents are hugely appreciative of that effort and in recognition of such dedication the council, as an employer, wanted to make a clear statement that we value them greatly.”