The following details have been provided by PCS DWP Group: New CSHR Legal Advice Process for CSHR Casework Managers New CSHR Process for Legal Advice Civil Service HR Casework has issued guidance for CSHR Caseworkers to take legal advice from the Government Legal Department (GLD) for DWP Attendance Management action “where the Business are considering … Continue reading Attendance Management & Cancer related absences

New policy for using official email addresses for non-official business      The following details have been supplied by PCS DWP Group: DWP information security risks DWP continuously evaluates information security risks. DWP employees have been able to use their DWP email address when making private purchases over the intranet. The increasing cyber threat of phishing emails … Continue reading Acceptable Use Policy Changes from 1st July 2017

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The TUC has welcomed a government announcement this week that cladding on hospitals and schools will be tested for safety following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, but has expressed concern that those workplaces are tower blocks are being ignored. The union body says no guidance has been given to other employers who may have staff working … Continue reading Hi-rise workplaces must be tested too

More than 800 organisations and individuals have now signed an open letter to UK prime minister Theresa May challenging the ‘arbitrary’ deregulation of health and safety. Sent to 10 Downing Street on 21 June, the letter calls for a shift in politicians’ attitudes towards health and safety regulation and fire risk management in the aftermath … Continue reading Call to end Tory safety deregulation gains wide support

Payments - Non- Consolidated Increases The Non-consolidated payments for 2016 (and are the same in 2017) are as follows:     AA AO EO HEO Exceeded £550 £625 £750 £800 Achieved £450 £500 £500 £500

Hi I am just sending you a reminder about this Saturday, 1st July and the National Demonstration in London. This is being called " Not one day more - tories out national demonstration" Assemble 12pm BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA. March to Parliament.  Confirmed speakers: Mark Serwotka (PCS) Steve Gillian (POA) There … Continue reading Reminder – National Demonstration in London

As the Conservative party agrees a deal with the DUP to support Theresa May's minority government in the House of Commons, we reiterate our commitment to equality. The Tories have no mandate to row back on hard-fought legal rights of the kind opposed by the DUP. For example, the DUP blocked both the extension of … Continue reading PCS comment on Tory DUP UK government agreement

Many of those killed or made homeless by the devastating Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June were union members, and unions are now actively supporting the affected families. The TUC has said while this is the first priority, “it is clear that we cannot see Grenfell Tower as a ‘one-off’ disaster but as something that … Continue reading Why the TUC has always said deregulation must end

The loss of 79 lives in the Grenfell Tower inferno has focused attention on the Conservative government’s ongoing assault on protective legislation. Journalist Polly Toynbee, writing in the Guardian, notes that while the government’s war on red tape is a seen as a central policy platform by top Tories, it undermines the rules for a … Continue reading Tory war on ‘red tape’ has cost lives