The following details have been supplied by the PCS DWP Group:Mid-year Consistency Checking Discussions Unfair work objectives and unfair behavioural indictors must be revised  People Performance Mid-year review actionAs we approach the middle of the year, countersigning managers, line managers and employees must plan for October’s mid-year performance reviews. By the end of September 2014, … Continue reading

<!--[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> The following details have been supplied by the PCS DWP Group, please note the links will only work on the DWP network:PCS opposes unfair behavioural indicators and unfair box mark quotas Oppose unfair behavioural indicatorsDWP has responded to PCS evidence of the use of unfair behavioural indicators where individual employees have … Continue reading DWP People Performance Must Improve

Changes To all members and potential members of the PCS Fylde Central Benefits and Services BranchDear ColleaguesThe Branch plays a full role in PCS’s campaign for jobs not unemployment, for fair pensions, not poverty in old age and for fair pay, not pay freezes for the Public Sector workers. This is the key priority work for … Continue reading Representation of those who choose to cross PCS Picket Lines

The following has been supplied by PCS DWP Group: Policy agreed at DWP Group and Annual Delegate Conference has instructed the union to campaign for a fairer social security system and to oppose welfare reform attacks including the sanction regime, work capability assessments and bedroom tax.This policy has been set at Conference for the last three … Continue reading Benefits Justice Day – 11 September 2014

PCS NATIONAL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) MEMBERS’ SEMINAR, 1-2 NOVEMBER 2014:‘Magna Carter to Proud LGBT Charter: Aspiration, Attitudes and Action' Please bring the information in this briefing to the attention of all branch members; some may not be ‘out’ at work but wish to apply. Alternative formats are available on request.If you have any … Continue reading

The following has been supplied by PCS NW Regional Office:Colleagues,PCS Highways Agency (Department for Transport) have an Early Day Motion 241 which calls on the Government to keep them as an Executive Agency and to reject the PubCo.As a member of the HA’s Anti-PubCo Committee Graham Woodhouse has asked if we would circulate this message … Continue reading Say No to PubCo – Early Day Motion 241

The TUC is organising a national Britain Needs A Pay Rise demonstration in central London on Saturday 18 October.People are currently facing the biggest squeeze on their incomes since Victorian times, and wages have fallen in real terms every year since 2010. We believe that as growth returns to the UK economy, everyone should get … Continue reading Britain Needs a Payrise – Support the national demo – #18October

Responding to new analysis published by XpertHR of recent data on pay awards, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:“It is good to see some signs of better pay awards for some in the private sector, but public sector workers continue to suffer from cuts to their living standards – and millions are still excluded from … Continue reading Wages recovery reaching too few people, says TUC

The Following has been supplied by PCS HQ:The annual PCS Black Members Seminar will take place at the Novotel in Manchester on 11-12 October. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Equality Department on 020 7801 2683. Alternatively you can email at equality@pcs.org.uk.  Who can apply?Black is used in the … Continue reading PCS National Black Members Seminar 2014

The following has been supplied by PCSPCS is aware that our Mitie members working on DWP cleaning Contract have received a letter from Dawn Kiveston, Mitie HR Business Partner, and Integrated Facilities Management informing them that Mitie was unsuccessful in tendering for the contract and that Cofely has been appointed as the new contractor.She also … Continue reading Consultation on the transfer DWP Cleaning Contract from Mitie to Cofely