Public sector pay: Chief Executive framework review

Scope

11. In 2023, the Scottish Government Remuneration Group agreed the scope of the CE framework review. The scope was to review:

• basic pay and progression increases,
• the need for a 10 percent reduction in salary of new CEs,
• the bands within the CE Framework,
• consequences of deviation from the pay strategy.
• a pay ratio between the CE and the median salary of the public body being no more than 10:1,
• comparison with Senior Civil Service, and
• the overall interplay between CEs and senior high salary employees.

12. Remuneration Group agreed that a number of elements were out of scope of the CE framework review as they work well in practice and no issues or concerns have been raised in relation to these elements. These include:

• pension arrangements for CEs,
• life insurance and other health benefits
• relocation expenses
• non-salary rewards
• approval process for CE remuneration
• operation of the CE framework