CHANGE OF TIMESPlease be advised of Steria PCS members meetings to discuss the recent announcement regarding the future jobs and locations of Shared Services.The following meetings have been arranged:Thursday 22nd May 2014 - Tomlinson House Canteen1:45PM - 2:45PMand3:00PM - 4:00PMfacility time has been applied for, for you to attend one of the meetings, please make … Continue reading SHARED SERVICES – MEMBERS’ MEETINGS

Hope Not Hate has supplied us with some materials to educate people a little more in a run up to the European Elections as to the true nature of the BNP.Please see the two documents supplied.Griffin Must Go (Supplied by Unite Against Facism)Join the Movement for Hope

If you have an issue with your performance marking please read the PCS guidance and act on it prior to contacting the branch office. We can provide representation for members experiencing difficulty after following the guidance but due to our limited resources cannot physically provide personal advice on every single case in its initial stages.People … Continue reading Appraisal Disagreements 2014

The following details have been supplied by the PCS HQ:Some pay facts:Fact 1.Former Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell told the Guardian in November 2010 that median salary in of a civil servant was lower than the wider public sector, and lower than the private sector.Fact 2. In the four years between 2010 and 2013, the cost … Continue reading Pay Facts

The organisers of the UK's biggest trade union event, The Durham Miners' Gala, are appealing for help after its future was threatened because of a massive legal bill. In 2012, the Durham Miners’ Association (DMA) set up the Friends of the Durham Miners’ Gala to ensure that this increasingly popular celebration of trade union and community … Continue reading Support the Durham Miners’ Gala

The following details have been supplied by the PCS DWP Group:The DWP Group have four advisory committees whose role it is to offer advice on issues affecting a particular group who share the same characteristics. They are the Group Women’s Advisory Committee (GWAC); the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender committee (LGBT) the Group Equality Committee … Continue reading Group Black Members Network

The following details have been supplied by the PCS DWP Group:DWP has today announced its intention to transfer nearly 1,000 staff out of Work Services Directorate into other parts of Operations. Their intention is to do this by a combination of voluntary and compulsory moves.Voluntary MovesStaff in Work Services, who live within travelling distance of … Continue reading DWP announces staff moves across Operations

The DWP insists that there is no 10% quota for a Must Improve end of year marking.  We have heard different.  Some team leaders have told staff that one member of each team must be given the Must Improve marking to ‘meet the quota’.  This is unacceptable.  Some line managers are being told that they … Continue reading People Performance: End of Year Markings

The following details have been supplied by the PCS DWP Group:The GEC has submitted a pay claim for 2014 demanding:An end to the government imposed pay freeze/capA Minimum 5% or £1,200 consolidated pay increaseShort pay scales and pay progression as a right for all staffClosing the pay gaps within and across departmentsNo discriminatory performance payThe … Continue reading DWP members need a pay rise

The following has been supplied by PCS DWP Group:Ratings must not be changed or forced simply to fit the distribution guideYour end-of-year rating must be fairYour performance must be fairly assessed and rated. Every employee is entitled to a fair assessment of their performance and the award of a performance rating which they have achieved. … Continue reading Do not use box mark quotas for ratings!