A meeting of UNISON ambulance branch representatives took place on 28 January 2014 to discuss the progress of the national negotiations on unsocial hours and sickness pay arrangements for ambulance staff, and arrangements for consulting members on any proposed changes.
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Joint Statement between NHS ambulance Trusts in England and UNISON, GMB and Unite On 3 January 2014 employers and trade unions met and discussed: Data comparing illustrative payments under Annex E and Section 2 unsocial hours payments systems, using the most common rota patterns worked by the majority of ambulance staff, and assuming an indicative, […]
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Joint Statement between NHS ambulance Trusts in England and UNISON, GMB and Unite Employers and trade unions held further joint discussions on 20 December. Progress so far and future joint requirements for data collection and analysis were discussed. It was agreed that there would be more substantive discussions at a joint meeting on 3 January […]
Continue ReadingEmployers and trade unions held further joint discussions on 13 December in order to: (1) agree that appropriate project infrastructure was in place. Terms of Reference (TOR) for two out of three sub-groups were agreed (Rota Modelling and Communications) and the TOR for the third (Process Development) would be available for joint sign-off shortly.
Continue ReadingJoint Statement between NHS ambulance Trusts in England and UNISON, GMB and Unite Employers and trade unions met on 6 December. All ambulance employers were now able to confirm that unsocial hours payments already deducted from salaries will be repaid in December salaries.
Continue ReadingIn their joint statement on 11 November 2013 employers and trades unions from the ambulance service confirmed their agreement to hold “genuine and constructive talks on what unsocial hours arrangements should apply during sickness absence, including the potential application of Section 2 and options to change Annex E.” Terms of Reference would be agreed setting […]
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Today, employers and Trade Unions from the ambulance service met to discuss issues around changes to Annex E. Employers agreed to suspend unsocial hours payment deductions to staff absent due to sickness and trade unions agreed to suspend their industrial action ballots. We have therefore jointly agreed that:
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The Industrial Action Ballot due this week has been postponed to allow more talks between the Union and the National Ambulance Employers. More information will be available next week. At the moment this is a postponement of the ballot, and not a cancellation. Eric Roberts, Branch Secretary LAS UNISON
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