The following details have been supplied by PCS DWP Group:Do you know any ex-FTA Members that this might apply to?In February 2013 PCS took DWP to an Employment Tribunal (ET) to secure redundancy compensation for our ex-Fixed Term Appointment (FTA) members who were dismissed without compensation when their FTA contracts were ended after two or … Continue reading FTA Redundancy Compensation

The following has been supplied by the PCS Equality, Pay and Policy Department:The TUC Black Workers’ Conference will be held on Friday 11 April to Sunday 13 April 2014.The venue will be TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS.PCS uses ‘black’ in the political context to encompass members from African, Caribbean, Asian, Chinese, … Continue reading TUC BLACK WORKERS’ CONFERENCE 2014 – NOMINATIONS TO PCS DELEGATION

Just a brief update regarding the legal challenge against the employer’s decision to not pay members Workforce Management Redeployment Package travelling time (or TOIL), or additional family costs due to the closure of the majority of the DWP Norcross site, despite members being asked to/ having to travel beyond their reasonable daily travelling time.On Wednesday … Continue reading Legal Challenge against non payment of Workforce Management Redeployment Package

The following has been received from NW Unite Against Facism:Over 70 people attended the North West UAF Regional Conference in Liverpool on Sunday 2nd December, which was supported by North West TUC, Unite the union, CWU, UCU NW Region and Lancashire NUT.The conference pushed forward the campaign (launched last year with the support of NW … Continue reading NW UAF: Euro 2014: Nick Griffin Must Go!

The following has been supplied by PCS HQ: To All DWP branches,Management at Ofqual the examinations qualifications regulator have sacked PCS branch chair Sofia Azam. PCS believe that this is a clear case of trade union victimisation and is balloting Ofqual members for action.The PCS branch has been involved in re-grading negotiations over the last year. It … Continue reading Defend Sofia Azam

SATURDAY 18th JANUARY 2014The PCS North West region has been asked to run the above seminar.  This is a pilot seminar to ascertain the possibility of holding yearly regional equality seminars to encourage newer reps and members to become more active within the Union. Although this is quite late notice you will have seen the … Continue reading PCS NORTH WEST DISABLED MEMBERS SEMINAR

The following has been supplied by PCS HQ:To: All BBW PCS Members on the DWP contract  Your Branch Executive Committee (BEC) has met to discuss proposed changes to telephony work and other issues in BBW. The DWP and BBW legal teams are now moving forward on their understanding that TUPE will not apply. The start … Continue reading Balfour Beatty Workplace – Operational Changes: Your jobs!

DWP have today announced a second phase of large scale Voluntary Exit Schemes for DWP Operations. As with the first phase of exit schemes that were announced in September, this next phase of exits is also targeted at specific groups of staff, in particular grades, in various parts of DWP Operations.The full specifics can be … Continue reading Another Voluntary Exit Scheme announced in DWP Operations

PCS nationally are trying to ensure they have the most up-to-date contact details for members.Sometimes information is not able to be sent via the DWP IT system and external contact details are useful in those situations.PCS NW Regional Office has supplied us with a couple of documents to enable members to get added to a … Continue reading Give us your details/Change your details

The branch office has received the following extract from the Parliamentary debate that took place in the House of Commons on 27th November. It concerns the DWP Offices on the Fylde Coast.The full debate of the day is published here (column 132WH onwards) and the relevant extract forwarded to us by the office of Paul Maynard … Continue reading Parliamentary Debate on local issues