NJC pay offer
UNISON received a response to our pay claim in December from the local government employers (LGE). The offer is for a two-year pay deal starting …
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We’re hiring! Branch vacancy available
Our Branch office in Chichester has a vacancy for a Branch Negotiations Officer. Do you have: A strong work ethic and drive to succeed A developed …
Branch in dispute with Capita
Since 2012, the West Sussex branch’s experience of Capita as an employer is marked by the inconsistency of its approaches on key HR matters. These are …
Parking outcome
Parking was a controversial issue during 2017 at West Sussex County Council. Staff and UNISON were unhappy with the way a proposed parking policy was …
Winter fuel grants: apply now!
UNISON’s 2017-2018 winter fuel grant programme has now opened! Grants of up to £50 per household are available to help members in low-income households. To …
Outsourcing: major test case underway
The branch has many employers within it who subcontract elements of their work to outsourced suppliers. These firms are nominally independent employers, but in practice the pay, terms and conditions, and work undertaken by their staff are defined by the employer which lets the contract. A trade union is taking this …
Fixed term contract?
In the summer term the branch dealt with scores of restructures in schools which resulted in over 100 support staff losing their jobs. Due to the failure of government funding to be both adequate and stable, increasingly in schools staff are placed on fixed term or temporary contracts. But this …
Free eye test for members
In support of Road Safety Week (20-26 November – an initiative organised by road safety charity Brake), UNISON partner Vision Express is offering free eye …
National Funding Formula – what does it mean for schools?
There has been much talk in the media of a new National Funding Formula for schools. The government has moved £1.3billion from one part of …
WSCC: buying and selling annual leave survey
After a vote by some staff on the council’s ‘Big Conversation’ web page, WSCC is thinking about introducing a scheme for buying and selling annual leave (this would not affect staff in schools). UNISON has concerns about this sort of ad hoc policy-making, where national terms and conditions and how …