Wednesday 28th June 6pm - 8pm Speakers include: Paula Barker - Unison NW Regional Convenor Colm Byrne - RCN Senior Regional Officer Louise Connell - FBU National Women's Committee Louise Regan - NUT President Mark Serwotka - PCS General Secretary Joe Simpson - POA Assistant General Secretary Adelphi Hotel, Ranelagh Street, Liverpool, L3 5UL

The Government was warned earlier this year of the deadly danger posed by fire safety failings in tower blocks, as it emerged it had earlier shelved indefinitely a promised fire safety review. The Government’s inaction was brought under new scrutiny this week after at least a dozen people died when a fire ripped through a … Continue reading Tower block tragedy exposes Government’s fire inaction

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: Just a general question regarding NWDs impact on percentages for late finishes (6:30 Pm) If we have 140 staff in post, but 24 have Fridays as their … 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: I have seen the Confirming and Maintaining Working Patterns Factsheet, which states: “ If you have an 8:00am or 9:00am commitment time, you should aim where possible … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets

The Branch raised the restriction/ suspension of Flexible Working Hours in Disability Services Telephony in PCS DWP Group negotiators as if they indicate if there has been consultation, if not can we please chase for it as FWH have been restricted/ suspended for one group of members. The response was: “Thanks for your email. No … Continue reading Restriction/ suspension of Flexible Working Hours in Disability Services Telephony

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: I voluntarily put down one certain day every week (Wednesday) at 6:30pm on the preferences on the Team Planning Tool. I received an e-mail mandating me to … 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: I have seen a very strange draft Q&A brief from management, I am not sure that it was for publication; however my line manager forwards everything that … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets

Please see below the results of our survey on the Appraisal process. The results are broken down by question along with respondents anonymised comments to the process as a whole. Appraisal Survey - Full Summary General Anonymised comments

A proposed crackdown on zero-hours contracts in a review carried out for prime minister Theresa May is virtually worthless, the TUC has warned.  Commenting on reports that the Taylor Review is set to recommend a right for zero-hours workers to “request” guaranteed hours, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “This could mean close to zero … Continue reading ‘Right to request’ could mean close to zero action on zero-hours

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: I have seen something from my management saying that “National” TU signed off the PIP RA Decision Maker tentpole figures and accepted therefore that they were different … Continue reading DWP Pay – AA to HEO – Snippets