The pay packets of ACT public servants will increase between 11 and 15 per cent over four years, under a revised offer from the territory government.
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Public sector unions had been preparing to take industrial action until the ACT Government made an informal pay offer last week.
The offer was made formal on Wednesday and included an immediate pay increase worth the greater of two per cent of existing pay or $2090.
Workers would then receive three per cent pay rises each year for three years. Pay rises would be backdated to July 1, when old enterprise agreements expired.
Most unions are expected to accept the offer.
Unions ACT secretary Kim Sattler said members would now be given time to consider the proposal.
“All unions have agreed to that take the offer to their members,’’ Ms Sattler said.
“We will probably give the government a response next Tuesday.’’
Public sector nurses and midwives this week accepted a four-year pay deal which included a two per cent pay rise and increases in allowances and night duty loadings.
The government had initially offered public sector employees pay rises of two per cent each year, in exchange for no productivity improvements or job losses.
Unions rejected the initial offer on the basis it was less than inflation and the Nursing and Midwifery Federation branded it “insulting’’.
A later offer included more generous pay rises for lower-paid public servants.
Chief Minister Katy Gallagher argued that unions should offer productivity increases or other trade-offs in exchange for more generous pay increases.
But unions, including the Labor-affiliated Community and Public Sector Union, expressed frustration at the government’s negotiating tactics.