Summary: Jim Savege, new Corporate Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development at Cumbria County Council and Stephen Moir, Director of People #38; Policy at Cambridgeshire County Council, both have a lot of experience in the field of pay and reward. In this month's show, I find out how they deal with the sometimes difficult issue of remuneration. To listen to the podcast, click the grey arrow below. Jim Savege, has just moved to Cumbria from Staffordshire County Council, where he spent a number of years implementing a more progressive and modernnbsp;approach to pay, as well as dealing with pay reform for a workforce of over 32,000 people. In this interview, he tells us how he did it. (Interview length: 9.03 minutes). The bignbsp;issues for paynbsp;include: EQUAL PAY -nbsp;According to the Local Government Employers Organisation statistics, 2/3rds of organisations have still to fully implement single status TOTAL REWARD -nbsp;The LGE have focused on the link between pay and pensions and the concept of Total Reward CROSS-SECTOR PAY - The Public Sector is now a complex mosaic of organisations delivering public services with anbsp;huge amount of partnerships, but who employs who, what do you pay them, what are their terms and conditions and who decides all of that. We are at the early days of looking at cross sector reward in a more comprehensive and efficient way Some advice from Jim is: SHIFT FROM A RULE BOUND APPROACH -nbsp;to annbsp;enabling one DEVELOP CLEAR FRAMEWORKS AND PRINCIPLES - get the line management to be articulate about what it wants in terms of business and outcomes and let the the 'Profession' deliver the goods behind it BE CLEARnbsp;-nbsp;about whatnbsp;your non-negotiables are AVOID ONE-OFF SOLUTIONS AND DEALS - these could get you back into an employment tribunal Jim is also the PPMA (Public Sector People Managers Association) lead for pay and reward and to find out more about his work you can contact himnbsp;through their website www.ppma.org.uk or atnbsp;Cumbria County Council. As well as his role at Cambridgeshire,nbsp;Stephen Moir is the Vice President of the PPMA and has alsonbsp;been involved in the development of thenbsp;Cabinet Officenbsp;model of Total Reward. He has been doing work around Total Reward at Cambridgeshire County Council since 1999 and in this interview, he gives some pointers on what has worked best for him. (Interview length: 15.21 minutes). Stephen'snbsp;advice includes: TOTAL REWARD IS SIMPLY MORE THAN PAY AND RATIONS -nbsp;it includes such things asnbsp;access to learning and development opportunities, a good working environment, the values and culture of the organisation, high quality leadership and high quality management TALK AND LISTEN TO YOUR WORKFORCE -nbsp;ask them what they value most. Do this through direct line management,nbsp;by working in partnership with trade unions, having a strong internal communications system and regular employee surveys START SMALLnbsp;- make sure you have the basics right, e.g. pay people properly and on time GAIN BUY-IN FROM DAY ONE - from senior management, elected member and unions BE BRAVEnbsp;- be prepared to put your head above the parapet HAVE A REALY TALENTED HR TEAM -nbsp;with good expertise in general reward andnbsp;management reward and strategy. If you don't have the expertise in-house look at how you can develop it or find partnerships or external support in these areas COMMUNICATEnbsp;- communicate, communicate You can findnbsp;out more about Total Reward from the PPMA, CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Developement) or the Cabinet Office. Listening to the show is simple, you can do it in a number of ways and you donrsquo;t need an iPod or MP3 player. Simply click on the grey arrow underneath the show heading and it will play through your computer. Alternativ...
