AAU Reasonable Adjustments Survey Results 2020

Latest update as of 16/06/2020. Please refer to any intranet guidance if access to ensure atill current as leave and flexi guidance has changed a lot from when Covid 19 guidance set up. PCS will endeavour to make sure guidance is as up to date but there may be times when this is not possible. … Continue reading COVID-19 Annual Leave Guidance

Please see below links to the gov.uk website which has all up to date COVID-19 guidance and also link to PCS website which has various circulars. Please check these sites daily. https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus The PCS website has PCS where I work drop down, and a list of all departments, select Department for work and pensions and … Continue reading COVID-19 GUIDANCE

The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) has called for an inquiry into bullying in the civil service following multiple accusations against cabinet minister Priti Patel. The union call came after the home secretary was accused of bullying staff at a third government department. The latest claims are from her time as international development secretary … Continue reading Union calls for civil service bullying inquiry

PIPRA NGCC Survey Results 2020 %

Questions asked to members at Peel Park as to types of course/workshop to run and results from responses received back: Question 1 Creative Writing                                           YES =  11 Question 2 Neuro Diversity                                              YES =  14 Question 3 Report Writing                                               YES =  11 Question 4 Singapore Maths                                         YES =  11 Question 5 Understanding … Continue reading Peel Park Survey Result

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The following details have been supplied by the TUC: In a move described by the TUC as a ‘significant advance’, new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance now says the safety regulator may act where an employer fails to address workplace harassment risks. The HSE investigation policy change comes three months after it was accused … Continue reading Union win as HSE relents on work harassment probes

A new campaign is calling on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to abandon its refusal to address Britain’s work-related suicide crisis. ‘Death wish’, a new report in the union-backed Hazards magazine, “challenges the Health and Safety Executive’s flat refusal to investigate, record or prevent workplace suicides or to take action against the bad bosses … Continue reading Push to get HSE to act on work-related suicide

Latest figures show almost 900,000 workers are on zero hour contracts in the UK, amid growing concern about the rise of insecure jobs among the youngest and oldest workers. Trade unions said the figures confirmed the government has “failed to crack down on unfair employment practices” as the official figures showed a 15 per cent … Continue reading Almost 900k UK workers now on zero hour contracts