Promotion
Q. I am being asked to carry out the role of the rank above, what can I claim?
A. First we need to establish whether you are acting up/temporary salary or temporary promoted.
Acting up – Annex UU
Acting up arrangements are designed to meet short-term needs. The acting up allowance is paid when a member acts up in a higher rank instead of being placed on temporary salary. There is a 10-day qualifying period (in any year; a year being a 12-month period beginning on 1 April) from Day 11, the member receives the allowance at a daily rate (or hourly rate for part-time officers and those on VSAs). The allowance is only payable for a maximum of 46 days in respect of any continuous period of acting up.
Temporary salary – Annex I
After 46 days of receiving the acting up allowance, if a member is not qualified for temporary promotion - progressed through Step 3 of the National Police Promotion Framework (NPPF) - or if the chief officer is required to respond to an overwhelming operational emergency which requires immediate application, the member will receive a temporary salary and will continue to be classed as acting up.
You may be asking what is the difference between acting up and temporary salary?
The acting allowance is not pensionable, but the temporary salary is pensionable, so if they are not qualified after 46 days, they will be paid a temporary salary and it will increase the officers pension pot. If the member is not qualified for promotion the temporary salary provisions will apply and the officer will continue to be classed as acting up in the higher rank.
Temporary promotion – Annex J
If you have been successful at Step 3 of the National Police Promotion Framework (NPPF) then you will be temporary promoted as part of Step 4. This is temporary promotion and continues until you are formally promoted at the end of the NPPF process (or are reduced to your original rank if you are unsuccessful).
You may be asking what is the difference between temporary salary and temporary promotion?
If you are temporary promoted the period counts as reckonable service and you move through the salary increments, whereas temporary salary does not. However, reckonable service is only relevant for the previous five years (this period is extended by the length of any maternity/adoption leave within that period).
Q. I am temporary promoted as an inspector but required to work on a rest day or bank holiday what can I claim?
A. First we need to establish whether you are acting up/temporary salary or temporary promoted (as detailed above).
If you are acting up or temporary salary and are required to work on a rest day or bank holiday you are entitled to payment at the relevant rate.
If you are temporary promoted as an inspector (as part of NPPF Step 4) then for the purpose of regulations you are treated as an inspector and cannot claim payment. You should instead be granted a day in lieu of working the rest day or bank holiday.
For further information please refer to:
Annex UU - Acting Up Allowance
