Pay claim survey for sharing with colleagues
The survey below can be shared with your colleagues as part of the process for preparing a pay claim.
Don’t forget to fill Question 4 in with the real Living Wage before sharing with your colleagues. You can find out what the current real Living Wage is by visiting the Living Wage Foundation website.
A PDF version of the survey is available to download and print.
This short survey is to help prepare a pay claim for RCN members. Please complete the questions below and let us know what is important to you. Thank you.
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My pay is: (please circle one option below)
- Very Good
- Good
- Okay
- Poor
- Very poor
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Compared to 12 months ago, how do you feel your pay has changed relative to the cost of living? (please circle one option below)
- I am much better off
- I am slightly better off
- I am neither better nor worse off
- I am slightly worse off
- I am much worse off
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Do you depend on any of the following to earn additional income and sustain your standard of living? (please circle any/all that apply)
- Unsocial hours
- On-call
- Overtime
- Second job
- Other – please specify here: _______________
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The real Living Wage is currently _______________ per hour (see www.livingwage.org.uk/ for more information.)
How does this compare to your current hourly pay? (please circle one option below)
My current hourly pay is:
- Up to £3 less than the real Living Wage
- Up to £2 less than the real Living Wage
- Up to £1 less than the real Living Wage
- Equal to the real Living Wage
- Up to £1 greater than the real Living Wage
- Up to £2 greater than the real Living Wage
- Up to £3 greater than the real Living Wage
- Up to £5 greater than the real Living Wage
- Up to £10 greater than the real Living Wage
- Over £10 greater than the real Living Wage
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Compared with this time last year, what would you say have been the changes to the following working conditions in your workplace? (please circle below)
- Workload
- Increased
- Decreased
- Remained the same
- Don't know
- Stress
- Increased
- Decreased
- Remained the same
- Don't know
- Number of staff
- Increased
- Decreased
- Remained the same
- Don't know
- Number of residents/ clients/ patients
- Increased
- Decreased
- Remained the same
- Don't know
- Quality of service
- Increased
- Decreased
- Remained the same
- Don't know
- Use of temporary staff
- Increased
- Decreased
- Remained the same
- Don't know
- Workload
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Please rank the following issues in order of importance to you, with 1 being the most important and 5 being the least important
- A pay rise which is equal to or greater than inflation: _______________
- More paid holidays: _______________
- Better sick pay: _______________
- Better (or any) shift work payments: _______________
- Better staff break facilities: _______________
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Is there anything else you’d like to say about your pay, terms and conditions or other issues you consider relevant to your employment?
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