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

The Government-commissioned inquiry into controversial working practices is set to call for employees on zero-hours contracts to be given the right to request a move onto fixed hours. According to a BBC report, Matthew Taylor, the head of the Royal Society of Arts who is leading the review, will say that some workers might be … Continue reading Review will order zero-hours contracts overhaul

A government policy requiring Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) staff to reject 80 per cent of benefit appeals has been condemned by the civil service union PCS. Disability organisations have also slammed the ‘outrageous target’. The furore follows a Freedom of Information request that revealed staff conducting mandatory reconsideration reviews were subject to a … Continue reading Outrage at secret target to reject most benefit appeals

"Thank you for your email on behalf of the PCS, DWP Group Fylde Branch regarding the General Election. I appreciate the hard work done by those working in the public sector and understand that the past few years have been an extremely difficult time. To answer your questions I do agree that we should be … Continue reading Please see the response below from Cat Smith, Labour Candidate Lancaster and Fleetwood:

Please see the following questions to the candidates in the 2017 General Election. The Branch will post any replies that we receive here on this site: “PCS is not affiliated to any Political Party however we are interested in the views of candidates in elections; particularly in relation to the issues that impact the members. … Continue reading Make your Vote Count 2017