Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Pay Policy Statement 2018/19

The Authority is required to publish information which expresses as a ratio the difference between the pay of its highest paid employee and the average pay for all other employees. 
 

The Authority is also required to publish its own definition of ‘lowest-paid’ employees as it applies to the Authority’s workforce. 
 
The Authority has a range of staff employed on different conditions of service and this means that it has a range of salary levels. Some staff are employed on contracts which are regarded as secondary employment. This means that they are able to undertake their contract in addition to other full-time employment. Specifically this relates to firefighters who work the ‘On Call’ duty system, providing on-call availability from their home or place of work. These employees have full-time work outside the Authority. 

As at 1 January 2018 the Authority has decided to cease the use of Voluntary Additional Hours contracts, which have been detailed in previous pay policies. These were additional contracts made available to all operational staff whose working pattern allowed them to work some additional hours whilst still maintaining appropriate levels of rest.

The Table below compares the pay of the highest paid employee (who is the Chief Executive) to the average pay of all other employees. Average pay is total pay divided by the number of employees, where total pay is defined as base salary, variable pay, 
allowances and any benefits in kind. The information illustrates that the Chief Executive’s pay is 4.21 times more than the average pay of all other employees as at 31 December 2017. This differential is 0.04 lower than at December 2016.

The Chief Executive received a pay award of 1% in January 2017.
 

This ratio is calculated by dividing the Chief Executive’s salary by the average salary for other staff.