Remuneration
Members hold non-executive public appointments and are not employees. However, the Big Lottery Fund is able to pay an annual salary to its Board Chair and Country Committee Chairs. It can remunerate other Board Members, Country Committee Members, external Members on the Audit and Risk Committee and others where specific agreement has been obtained from Cabinet Office.
Fixed Rate Remuneration
From 2012 General Board Members, England Committee and Wales Committee members will be paid a monthly fixed rate remuneration. The rates will be different between Board and Committee members. Members will be informed of the rate they will be paid on appointment.
The monthly fixed rate will be paid via payroll on the last working day of each month.
Should any overpayments occur, the Fund has an Overpayment Policy and will, in all cases, seek to recover any money that has been overpaid and will explain the nature and reason for the overpayment.
Hourly Rate Remuneration
For the time being Scotland Committee, Northern Ireland Committee and Audit and Risk Committee Independent members will be paid for work on approved duties at an hourly rate. The maximum claim for any one day is 8 hours. These are Government rates and subject to annual review by the Treasury. One hour is the minimum for which remuneration can be claimed.
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Remuneration will only be paid for approved duties. Approved duties include:
- attendance at Board and Committee meetings and the Fund’s open meetings;
- working parties or away days as agreed;
- attendance at meetings with the Chief Executive, Directors or Regional Managers on Fund business, where attendance has been requested;
- attendance at meetings or official functions on Fund business where the Board or Committee Member’s attendance has been requested and it is appropriate for the Member to attend.
Any queries or clarification on attendance should be directed to the Board Secretariat or Country Secretariat. Appropriate travel, reading and preparation time can be claimed as described in the guidance.
Committee Members claiming the daily allowance are asked to do so each month by submitting the completed and signed form to the Head of Board Secretariat or relevant Country Committee Secretariat. Delay in submitting claims will result in delayed payment because of cut-off dates for inclusion in that month’s payment run. Should there be a duplication of a claim which results in an overpayment the Fund has an Overpayment Policy and will, in all cases, seek to recover any money that has been overpaid and will explain the nature and reason for the overpayment.
It has been agreed by the Board Chair and Chief Executive that claims will not be paid any more than 3 months in arrears unless there are exceptional mitigating circumstances notified before the 3 month period expires.
Financial Loss Allowance
Under some circumstances, the Big Lottery Fund will pay a Financial Loss Allowance when there are certified loss of earnings arising from attendance at meetings on Big Lottery Fund business, but only where the Member is not in receipt of remuneration. The payments are on a flat rate basis where the period in which the loss was incurred is less than or equal to 4 hours, or where the period is over 4 hours.
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