Backdated to January? That sounds nice. As far as I know, our new scales started on 1 August, as did the nationally agreed 3% increase. Won't find out for sure until next Wednesday, I guess.
Over here I believe they evaluated a select few representatives from each grade and then moved everyone over wholesale (i.e., everyone who used to be RS1B is now grade 6; everyone who was RS1A is now grade 7; the old RS2 is now grade 8, and so on). No one has been red-circled unless they were on a high superscale point, in which case they have four years to argue that their position should be regraded before they take a pay cut.
Since some of the old scales had ten points and none of the new ones has more than eight (except grade 10a, which I'm not sure I understand), people at the bottom of their respective scales have benefitted quite significantly from the changeover. People (such as me) at the top not so much, though it turns out my new scale point is 2% more than the old one. So I should now be 5% better off. No more scale progression for me, though, since I'm just finishing my 12th year here.
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Over here I believe they evaluated a select few representatives from each grade and then moved everyone over wholesale (i.e., everyone who used to be RS1B is now grade 6; everyone who was RS1A is now grade 7; the old RS2 is now grade 8, and so on). No one has been red-circled unless they were on a high superscale point, in which case they have four years to argue that their position should be regraded before they take a pay cut.
Since some of the old scales had ten points and none of the new ones has more than eight (except grade 10a, which I'm not sure I understand), people at the bottom of their respective scales have benefitted quite significantly from the changeover. People (such as me) at the top not so much, though it turns out my new scale point is 2% more than the old one. So I should now be 5% better off. No more scale progression for me, though, since I'm just finishing my 12th year here.