Personal accounts of the tough day to day life of social work staff across the country are laid bare in Social Work Watch – a new report from national UNISON. The difficulties social workers face are fuelled by official figures showing that councils cut spending on social services staff by …
UNISON members who shop online can get more bang for their buck by going through the website www.UNISONrewards.com/bonus. It’s completely free to sign up. You’ll even get a £10 welcome bonus. Brands featured in the rewards scheme include ToysRUs, Tesco, Argos and B&Q, but there are thousands of others available …
West Sussex county councillors are due to discuss the proposed privatisation of local NHS musculoskeletal (MSK) services to BupaCSH at the Health & Social Care …
Branch Lines – the newsletter for UNISON West Sussex members – is being re-launched this month with a new look. This first new edition will be a bumper issue, A5-size, with sixteen full-colour pages featuring a wide range of news stories, quotes and features. It will: cover the workplace issues important to …
New regulations came into force earlier this year allowing employees to request flexible working conditions from their employer. You can now apply to your employer for a …
The new law on Shared Parental Leave will be introduced on 1 December 2014, subject to parliamentary approval. This means that parents whose children are due to be born or placed after 5th April 2015 will have access to a fully flexible system of parental leave. Eligible parents will be …
UNISON members on NJC pay in West Sussex voted resoundingly to REJECT the national employers’ new pay offer tabled after our July 10 strike. The …
Help UNISON lobby against the privatisation of NHS musculoskeletal (MSK) services in West Sussex! UNISON’s South East regional office and campaign lobby groups have expressed …
We’re sorry to have to report that the Branch’s £10 recruitment incentive for members must stop from 1 January 2015. New guidelines from HMRC and UNISON’s national office mean our scheme and others like it across the UK could compromise rules on payment for services and contracts of employment. We …
By April 2015 every Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund in England, Scotland and Wales must establish a fund board with half the seats going …