PCS DCLG(HQ)

Continuing detriment for staff

All of us have endured a painful and unnecessary redundancy exercise (most recently illustrated by HR launching a Grade 7 recruitment exercise as other G7 staff leave on terms!).  The 2011 Staff Attitude Survey results in DCLG reflected record high levels of dissatisfaction – particularly with regard to senior management and their approach to managing change.  And this is of course on top of a two year pay freeze (more than a 10% pay cut in real terms) and significantly increased pension contributions from this month onwards.       Continue reading “PCS Voice 28 – Management impose new performance management procudures”

PCS has announced the results of the pensions ballot with 90.5 percent rejecting the government’s pensions proposals and 72.1 percent voting to continue the campaign, including further industrial action on a turnout of 32.8 percent.  However the PCS NEC has decided to not go ahead with the proposed day of action on 28 March and are now calling for action towards the end of April despite the fact that teachers and lecturers in London are going ahead with strike action on 28 March. Continue reading “Clear Yes vote to reject and fight pensions cuts”

DCLG PCS representatives have been dealing with a number of staff issues over the past period. This issue of The PCS Voice provides an update on some of these. We aim to provide a further update on others within the next two weeks, including the proposed new PMR system, poor performance, and the harmonisation of the terms and conditions of former GON staff now in DCLG and those T&C applying to most DCLG staff. Continue reading “PCS Voice 27 – New annual leave provisions and other key issues”