Collective Agreement – Employee Deal: Pay Offer (AA to HEO) - Final Version   Attached to this briefing is the final version of the full collective agreement that PCS, DWP and the other unions have now signed. Since the proposed agreement was published there have been a small number of changes. Most of these … Continue reading

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: Given the proposed changes to Saturday contracted hours under the employee deal (which would have the effect of shortening  the working of the hours that some … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets cont…

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: I work X hours over 4 days Monday to Thursday and do not take a lunch break. Will we be forced to take a lunch break … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets

Here are the results of the most recent branch survey regarding Performance and Appraisal.  Thanks to all who responded. Appraisal Survey Summary 2016

Survey of members In one of the biggest surveys PCS has ever conducted, over 27,000 members responded to questions about performance management. The full results and analysis from the survey will be released as a report during the week of action, but the survey told us: Over 90% of members think that the forced ranking … Continue reading Performance Management – Week of Action: week commencing 27th June 2016

The Branch issued an all members’ circular recently highlighting the cost of Opting Out of the employee deal (if the employee deal is accepted). The work has been developed to include the overall costs, using the EO scale as an example. The following tables show the impact on pay for an EO on the Max … Continue reading DWP Pay Offer – AA to HEO – 2016, 17, 18, 19

The following details have been supplied by the GEC: On Monday 06 June 2016 Operations TUS took part in a telekit, to discuss the pilot that BSD are running for dealing with short-notice leave applications. From mid-April management have been trialling a system where any leave requested in either of the following two weeks is … Continue reading Update on Short-Notice Leave Pilot

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: New contracts: If people do not sign up to the employee deal could their contracts be changed any way with 3 months’ notice? Answer 1: Theoretically … 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 1: Flexi leave. Do staff have to arrange cover when they have a flexi day (the fact sheet titled flexible working hours- para 5- suggests that employees … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets Update

To all Members of the PCS Fylde Central Benefits and Services Branch Dear Colleagues As a Member of PCS we all have our own individual reasons for joining the Union. All current DWP Members of the Branch recently confirmed their choice by switching over to Direct Debit when check- off was removed. I’m sure you … Continue reading Recruit a Friend and be entered into a FREE £100 PRIZE DRAW