Cambridge University Reporter


The Cambridge implementation of the single spine: Notice

6 May 2008

Payments additional to stipend

Grace 9 associated with the Second Joint Report of the Council and the General Board on new pay and grading arrangements for non-clinical staff (Reporter, 2004-05, p. 745) provides for the Council to publish at least annually (i) anonymized statistical information about the number of non-clinical staff on each step of the single spine, by School (or equivalent), and for the institution as a whole, according to staff category, grade, and gender; and (ii) anonymized information by School (or equivalent), and according to staff category, grade, and gender of additional payments made under the regulations for payments additional to stipend, but excluding payments for clinical responsibility.

Data in relation to (i) above were published in the Reporter (Reporter, 2007-08, p. 220) while professorial contribution payment data for 2006 have already been published in the Reporter (Reporter, 2006-07, p. 770).

Accordingly the Council now publishes information for 2006-07 in relation to (ii) above showing in the tables below the payments that have been made.

Market supplements

Under the arrangements introduced by the Second Joint Report of the Council and the General Board on new pay and grading arrangements for non-clinical staff (Reporter, 2004-05, p. 745), market supplements may be made to secure the recruitment or retention of an individual member of staff.

Grace 7 associated with the Second Joint Report provides for the Council to publish anonymized statistical information on all awards of market supplements at least annually by staff category, grade, gender, and School (or equivalent).

Accordingly, the Council publishes opposite information for 2006-07 on the market supplements that have been made.

In order to improve scrutiny, accountability, and transparency in the award of market supplements the Council has established a Remuneration Committee (Reporter, 2007-08, p. 282) which will consider, as part of its remit, the determination of market supplements over 10% for professorial and equivalent staff in the future.

Further scrutiny of payments made as market supplements will be undertaken as part of the equal pay audit commissioned by the University to take place in 2008.