The PCS Women’s Seminar will be held at the Novotel hotel in Birmingham on the 25-26 June 2016. The theme will be “Hear our Voice”. See the rest of the details and how to apply to attend here.

Your end-of-year rating must always be based on a balanced consideration of your personal performance over the reporting period. DWP People Performance Procedure supports performance improvement but this cannot be achieved by misuse of ‘Must improve’ ratings. The ‘Achieved’ rating encompasses the widest span of performance and may include performance that is verging on needing … Continue reading Dispute unfair ‘Must improve’ ratings

The PCS National Executive Committee (NEC) have prepared the attached document for members to use to respond to the Government's Consultation over their proposals to make detrimental changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme It is essential that as many members as possible respond to the Government consultation that closes on 4 May 2016.  The … Continue reading Civil Service Compensation Scheme – A Response

A petition on the government website calling for the cessation of changes to the CSCS is available for members and for their families and friends and members of the public to be signed. The link to the petition is here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125673 The petition makes the points that: Francis Maude, introduced changes to civil service redundancy … Continue reading Civil service Compensation Scheme Petition

UPDATE: PLACES STILL AVAILABLE 23-24 APRIL in BIRMINGHAM The PCS Disabled Members Seminar will be held at the Novotel hotel in Birmingham on the 23-24 April 2016 Registration will open at 12 noon on Saturday 23 April, with the seminar starting at 1 pm. The seminar will finish no later than 1 pm on Sunday … Continue reading PCS DISABLED MEMBERS SEMINAR 2016

A petition on the government website calling for the cessation of changes to the CSCS is available for members and for their families and friends and members of the public to be signed. The link to the petition is here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125673 The petition makes the points that: Francis Maude, introduced changes to civil service redundancy … Continue reading Civil service Compensation Scheme Petition

16/4/16 in London - March for health, Homes, Jobs, and Education to end austerity If any members are interested in travelling to the People's Assembly Demonstration in London please contact the Branch so we can coordinate numbers and advise NW Regional Office. Please mention which mode of transport you would prefer (ie: would you only travel by coach, … Continue reading Peoples Assembly Demo – April 16th 2016

The personal finance newsletter for members of PCS published by Lighthouse Financial Advice called PCSMONEYTALK can be found here.

The followinghas been supplied by PCS DWP Group. PCS is still in talks with DWP to get you a decent pay rise and it is good news that more money has been made available for grades AA to HEO. PCS Protecting you rights at work It is true however that DWP also wants to discuss … Continue reading DWP Pay – Update for PCS members

With many people leaving the various Civil Service Departments it is worth knowing that you can still remain a member of PCS and still take advantage of many of the services and benefits you have become accustomed to. PCS Associate and Retired Members (ARMs) costs very little and keeps you in touch with the PCS campaigns … Continue reading PCS Associate and Retired Members (ARMs)