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NATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT AND HERA

These pages explain more about the HERA scheme, the Framework Agreement, how the college is implementing HERA and how your branch of UNISON can help you. HERA stands for Higher Education Role Analysis. It is a job evaluation scheme which has been specifically designed and created to evaluate all jobs in higher education. This is the scheme which Goldsmiths has chosen to use to review the pay and grading structure in the college. At the end of the evaluation members of staff will be transferred onto a new 51-point salary spine agreed nationally in 2005 as part of the National Framework Agreement. National Framework Agreement documents UNISON and the UCU have been in negotiations with Goldsmiths since 2005 on how the framework agreement is to be implemented in this College. Agreement was reached in March 2008, subject to acceptance by a ballot of the membership. Full text of agreement
Background Information Reasons for recommendation to vote yes Timetable for implementation Glossary of terms used	The HERA Scheme HERA Background
Framework bulletins Issue 1 \| Issue 2 \| Issue 3 \| Issue 4
Pay Forum reports 10th January 06 14th February 06 14th March 06 25th April 06 9th May 06 11th July 06 13th September 06 10th October 06 14th November 06	1st March 07 10th July 07 11th September 07 24th September 07 9th October 07
Contacts Pay Forum representatives: Denise Miller denise.miller@gold.ac.uk Suzanne Stead s.stead@gold.ac.uk	Links Unison Higher Education webpage Framework Agreement with Unison Commentary HERA – Unison advice on implementation