Work Services Employee Relations Informal Meeting 4 June 2015

PCS reps from our branch met with the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire District Manager with our colleagues from the PCS Northamptonshire Branch.

1.    District Performance – Performance very high even with all the changes being implemented.

TU asked why, if performance was so high, the percentage of staff getting a Final Box Marking of 1 was not higher. The District Manager replied that maybe this was due to raising expectations across the department.

2.    Risk Assessments for Work Experience – The District Manager gave assurances that the correct Keeping Safe training was being given for all Work Experience starts in the district. TU said they knew of offices where this had simply not been the case until incidents had happened which had forced the hands of the management and that this was not the way that Risk Assessments should be implemented.

 

3.    Part Time Hours For Staff Approaching 60 – The District Manager gave assurance that every case where a member of staff had requested part time hours and/or semi-retirement was taken on its own merit and that there is no blanket ban on changing working patterns.

 

4.    Management to provide TU with figures on extent of TDA across the district and whether or not this TDA is being properly advertised and vacancies properly filled in a fair and open manner.