Please see the below link from the PCS North West Regional Committee: Click Here

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 1: On 1st November 2016, members were given 3 months’ notice of their working patters from 6th February 2017 onwards. New entrants have been asking, as they … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets

The number of workers in Great Britain suffering harm caused by their jobs has risen sharply, latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics have confirmed. The figures, just published by the safety watchdog, show that in 2015/16 1.3 million workers had a health problem related to their job, up from 1.2 million. Provisional HSE figures … Continue reading Heavy price to pay as work-related harm goes up

PCS negotiators met with the Benefit Services Directorate senior management team on 16th November 2016. Staffing – External recruitment continues BSD have confirmed continuing recruitment of several hundred new staff each month up to the end of the financial year in February 2017. These extra numbers are a mix of fixed term appointment and permanent … Continue reading BSD Update – November 2016

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Please see the attached article from PCS DWP Group at Social Security Scotland. Please see the link: Click Here

Brief report from a meeting on 16th November 2016. BSD senior Management at Warbreck have accepted that people with a fixed 8 am start can start at 7:30 am. The details on the DWP’s intranet, PCS DWP Group website and the Branch website refers.

The House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee published its second report into the DWP Job Centre network on 8 November 2016. This follows their previous report in January 2014. The Committee continues to refer to Jobcentre Plus rather than Work Services Directorate, but the report is focused on the work done in Job Centres. … Continue reading PCS influences MP’s report on Job Centre network

Please find attached a circular for members in the NW in relation to DETP’s : Click Here  

Members may have notice from the circular about Festive Leave in BSD that Branches were encouraged to open a dialogue with site BSD management; “Managers may have local circumstances where they feel slightly higher percentages are appropriate and where customer service can be maintained.” The Branch approached BSD senior Management at Warbreck requesting a dialogue … Continue reading BSD Festive Leave