PCS representatives from both our branch and the DWP Northamptonshire branch met with district managers in our regular discussions to look at issues affecting local WSD staff.
The main item of discussion was issues around the move to unipods.
We looked at the rationale behind it and at some of the potential risks. We were keen to highlight a number of concerns that members had raised about training and this was taken on board. We are hoping for more detail to come out following management discussions with learning and development.
We also discussed the DEA role and the risk of losing depth of knowledge while increasing the breadth. We agreed that we should be clear about the unipod structure to outside organisations.
We had a frank discussion about our concerns about requesting claimants to do 35 hours or ASE activity every week.
We also discussed staffing in the district. We are close to having the right number overall and PCS will be looking at the site figures in more detail. Both management and PCS are pushing for any possible promotion opportunities.
If you have any questions about the meeting or have any issues that affect the whole district which you feel that we should discuss in future please get in touch.
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