GDPR: Who is responsible?
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) raised many issues across our employers, but especially in West Sussex maintained schools. Branch negotiations officer Brian Walter takes up the story. “Prior …
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A new attitude to violence at work
Tim Halpin, UNISON steward at the Grace Eyre Foundation (GEF: supporting adults with learning difficulties) supported a member through the grievance process which resulted in more rigorous use of existing procedures so observations from staff have more influence. Staff complaints about pushing and shoving by service users with complex needs are easily dismissed as part of the job, but …
Branch AGMs
A big thank you to all our members that attended the branch AGMs last week, including our quiz and curry night on Friday. The aggregate …
Brexit advice
If you’re a member and worried about your status after the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union, UNISON can help. With potentially only a …
Labour ‘will ban’ outsourcing of public services to private firms
Private companies will be banned by a Labour government from running services that deal with vulnerable people and their rights, under a far-reaching plan to …
Social Work England consultation: have your say!
Later this year Social Work England (SWE) takes over from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as the regulator for social workers in England. …
NJC Pay Award 2019-20
The pay award for 2019-20 was complex and required changes to be made to the WSCC pay scale. UNISON has negotiated these with WSCC and …
Calling all Capita employees: fantastic prizes to be won!
It’s the Great Capita West Sussex Recruitment Race! Can you be the one to recruit the most new members and win the race? This is …
Employment-based cost review at WSCC
The council’s budget for 2019-21 went through at its full council meeting on February 14. This budget included provision for a ‘Review of staff terms …
IPEH: £5million budget cut threatened
The Integrated Prevention and Early Help service (IPEH) has been doing great work for many years to support children and families through a range of …