Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) and other disability protesters are holding a national day of demonstrations on 2 March 2015 in various towns and cities against the Work Capability Assessment and the new provider Maximus. Maximus are the company that DWP has contracted to replace Atos who lost the Work Capability Assessment contract last … Continue reading Disabled People Against the Cuts – National Day of Action
DWP Sick Leave Procedure revised for new Return to Work Plans
The following details have been supplied by the PCS DWP Group: New independent assessment service DWP Sick Leave Procedure and Fit Note Advice have been revised for the introduction of Return to Work Plans from a new government funded advice service called ‘Fit for Work’. The GOV.UK website explains that: · Fit for Work...provides an … Continue reading DWP Sick Leave Procedure revised for new Return to Work Plans
Fair Pay Fortnight
It’s Fair Pay Fortnight from 16 Feb to 1 March – two weeks of campaigns and activities from Britain’s unions aimed at tackling our growing pay crisis. We’re coming out of a recession caused by greed and recklessness at the top of the banking industry. But whilst executive pay is booming again, for most Britons we’re … Continue reading Fair Pay Fortnight
Win for disabled staff denied pay
Land Registry staff are in line for a withheld performance award after a judge ruled they were discriminated against for their disabilities. Five claimants had not been included in the award scheme because they had received formal warnings for sick absence. A tribunal found the time off was all attributed to disability and they had … Continue reading Win for disabled staff denied pay
Resort wages lowest in the North West
The Blackpool Gazette has published an article about the particularly low wages in the area. The full article can be found here.
Lawyers condemn ‘outrageous’ court fee hike
The following details have been supplied by the TUC: Government plans for dramatic increases in the cost of going to court could have a ‘profound impact on access to justice’, according to personal injury lawyers. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) warns that a claim valued at £12,000 would come with a court fee … Continue reading Lawyers condemn ‘outrageous’ court fee hike
Stop the compulsory moves of the Birchwood Higher Apprentices
25 school leavers from the North-West started work at Birchwood last year on the Cabinet Offices flagship Higher Apprenticeship scheme. This scheme takes young people, often upon leaving school or college, and employs them as permanent civil servants, putting them through a wide range of training with them electing a specialism. These staff were told … Continue reading Stop the compulsory moves of the Birchwood Higher Apprentices
Warbreck Direct Debit Switch Days 28th and 29th January 2015
To all Members of the PCS Fylde Central Benefits and Services Branch Dear ColleaguesMembers will have seen the details about the threat to PCS in terms of the employer withdrawing “check off” (payment of subscriptions from wages) and the reasons why we are asking members to switch to direct debit.We have arranged teams of PCS … Continue reading Warbreck Direct Debit Switch Days 28th and 29th January 2015
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