December 2000 Adjustment: Does the 2% payable on 1 April 2001 and the 1% payable on 1 April 2002 precede payment of the 5.5% and the 4% increases due on those dates?

The 2% and 1% adjustments are payable with effect from 1 April 2001 and 1 April 2002 in both private and public sector employments.  In the case of the public service, the 5.5% is payable on 1 October 2001 and the 4% is payable on 1 October 2002.  In the case of the private sector, the 5.5% is with effect from 1 April 2001 and the 4% with effect from 1 April 2002 or from a subsequent date agreed in accordance with a local agreement or from the date of an annual salary review.  Unless it is decided or agreed in an employment to pay the 2% adjustment and the 5.5% increase together and the 1% adjustment and 4% increase together, the 2% and 1% adjustments would precede both increases.