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Teesside healthcare staff settle year-long pay dispute

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The deal sees workers move to the correct pay grade, along with an increase to backdated pay.

Hundreds of healthcare assistants are to receive a wage rise and back pay in a resolution to a year-long dispute.

The settlement, described by Unison as "substantial", will see eligible staff members lifted from a band 2 to band 3, with pay backdated to July 2019.Unison's Clare Williams said the staff campaign had been "hard fought", adding: "These healthcare assistants have been working above their pay band for many years.

Michelle Cook, a healthcare assistant at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, said the deal was "a huge relief".

 

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