The purpose of this article is to inform members that from Thursday 27th April 2017 onwards you should receive your DWP Group Executive Committee Election ballot paper. The DWP Group Executive is an important body within PCS negotiating and campaigning on items such as: Departmental Pay Conditions of Service, Annual Leave, etc Health and Safety … Continue reading DWP GROUP ELECTIONS – 2017 YOUR CHANCE TO INFLUENCE YOUR PAY AND YOUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Members have raised questions with the Branch on specific points. We have raised these with PCS DWP Group and have received answers, the details are published below: Question: I work part time four days a week, the ED agreement states: 13 d) iii) not to fix more than one in five consecutive working days beyond … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets

Members have raised questions with the Branch on specific points. We have raised these with PCS DWP Group and have received answers, the details are published below: Question:  I have a question about the ED: One of the members pointed the following out from the Senior Manager’s question time: “Question 19: XXXXXXXX asked when we … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets

Please see the attached link to the PCS website coverage of the most recent debate in Parliament on the proposed office closures on 16 March. The full debate can be found using the link in the article “during the backbench debate…” http://www.pcs.org.uk/news/mps-attack-dwp-closure-plans-ahead-of-pcs-lobb

To:       Branch Secretaries, Chairs and Organisers CC:      Regional Committee, PCS Liverpool Staff Date: 17/03/2017 NW/RB/049/17   As discussed at our team meeting, please send this email out to your DWP Networks Regional members / Region asking them to contact their MP. Fight DWP Office Closures - National Lobby of Parliament 1-4pm Tuesday 28 March House … Continue reading Fight DWP Office Closures – National Lobby of Parliament

The TUC has ripped apart the latest attempt by a right-wing lobby group to claim paid release for union reps comes at a cost. TUC national organiser Carl Roper said the annually regurgitated claim by the Taxpayers’ Alliance that union volunteers are a drain on the public purse and taxpayers gets picked up uncritically by … Continue reading Union reps are good for workers and employers

The following details have been supplied by the TUC: New official figures showing a sharp rise in the number of workers on zero hours contracts demonstrate the need for an urgent reform of employment law, the TUC has said. Commenting on figures published this week by the Office for National Statistics, which show that the … Continue reading Zero hours contracts treat workers like ‘disposable labour’

As soon as the office closures were announced, the PCS DWP Group Executive Committee identified 11 ‘hotspot’ offices where there was the greatest risk of a significant number of redundancies resulting from the proposed office closures. These are Cumnock, Poole, Barrow, Annesley, Llanelli, Porth, Wembley, Bishop Auckland, Coatbridge, Holborn House Preston and Warrington Birchwood. PCS … Continue reading PCS Opposes the Office Closures

Trade unions and employers are dealing with an increasingly diverse workforce. There are higher numbers of women and people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in the workforce than ever before. The population is aging, with many women intending to stay in work for longer and many trying to juggle work with caring responsibilities. … Continue reading PCS Women in the Workplace