The following details have been supplied by PCS DWP Group, please read them carefully:“Statutory Right to be accompanied at grievance or disciplinary meetings Statutory rights at workA worker who is invited to attend a disciplinary or grievance hearing has the right, under the Employment Relations Act 1999, section 10, to be accompanied by “a trade … Continue reading Grievance Rights – Please Read

The following has been supplied by PCS DWP Group:Please copy to all PCS members in DWP Shared ServicesPCS is campaigning to stop government plans to privatise Shared Services in the DWP, DEFRA, the Environment Agency and UK SBS Ltd (BIS). The government has told PCS that current plans assume that all shared service staff will … Continue reading Say no to the privatisation of our shared services

The following has been supplied by NW Regional Office:ColleaguesOn Saturday 19th October in Manchester, the NW TUC will be holding our TUC Young Workers 'Pay and Employment' Open Forum. This is part of the national Young Workers Forum plans to make its work more inclusive to all young people.The event, which will run from 12pm … Continue reading PCS Young Workers Forum

Each year around World Mental Health Day PCS tries to raise awareness about mental health issues. The next World Mental Health Day will take place on 10 October 2013.The branch has published a document that members may find informative about mental health, the document contains information about some common types of mental health issues and … Continue reading Mental Heath Issues

Announcement that the majority of AOs in Disability Living Allowance at Warbreck will move to Helpline but retain their Flexible Working Hours as defined by the Benefit Directorate FWH scheme.Since the announcement on 25th September 2013 about the future of Telephony at Warbreck the Branch has:Issued a 4 page circular and the circular has been … Continue reading Recent Announcement at Warbreck

The following has been supplied by PCS DWP Group:The PCS DWP Group Executive Committee (GEC) met on the 27th September and agreed to recommend that all PCS members in the DWP do not fill in the staff survey and do not complete it.PCS colleagues in the HMRC are also being asked to boycott the staff … Continue reading Do not fill in the DWP Staff Survey

The following has bee provided by PCS NW Regional Office:Unite the Union are working with anti-racist/fascist groups and a number of other unions, including PCS, to stage a national march and rally under the theme “Celebrating, Not Dividing” in Liverpool on Saturday 12th October.This follows a resurgence in far-right activity across Merseyside including threats to … Continue reading Celebrating, Not Dividing

The purpose of this post is to provide feedback from a meeting on 18th September 2013 with Senior BD Management. The details of the meeting's questions and answers can be found here.

Members working in Benefits Directorate may be interested in sight of the full new FWH agreement. Please note that at Warbreck the question of the introductions of breaks is being discussed.Please note the above letter is an image, not an active document as this was the only version we had received. The longer version of … Continue reading Benefits Directorate Flexible Working Hours

<!--[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> The following details have been supplied by PCS DWP Group: DWP have today announced a voluntary exit scheme in the DWP Corporate Centre. DWP expect that 278 jobs will be cut as a result of this scheme. This announcement comes on top of the 1,700 job cuts announced in DWP Operations … Continue reading Voluntary Exit Scheme announced in DWP Corporate Centre