Thank you for voting in the recent ballot on Annex E proposals. As you know, UNISON members in London Ambulance Service rejected the proposals and sent a very clear message that they do not want to agree changes which would allow ambulance employers to deduct Annex E payments during periods of sick leave to reflect […]
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On the 1 September the LAS along with other ambulance services across the country advised they would now be deducting unsocial hours payments from staff who were off sick unless this was a work related illness or injury.
Continue ReadingUNISON, GMB and Unite members working in England’s ambulance services have voted to reject proposals to apply up to 25% deductions to sick pay. The proposals were put forward in June as a way of matching the changes made earlier this year to sick pay for other health workers, at a time when many NHS […]
Continue ReadingThe Annex E Ballot paper and information has been sent out to members contact addresses that we hold. They have gone out via Royal Mail and should be delivered in the next couple of days. If anyone does not receive a ballot form please email and we will send one out. The closing date to return the Ballot Form […]
Continue ReadingChanges have been proposed to the way pay is calculated if you are off sick. Ambulance staff receive payments for unsocial hours under Annex E of the Agenda for Change (AfC) agreement. Employers think the recent changes to AfC sickness payments automatically change Annex E. UNISON does not. UNISON is asking for your view on proposals to reduce Annex E payments […]
Continue ReadingThe following is a statement sent from the Union. We have been having meetings on a National level within the Joint National Staff Council.
Continue ReadingThe latest circular ‘AfC 2/2010’ from NHS Employers containing the 2010/11 rates of pay for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions is now available on the website at www.lasunison.co.uk/pay This circular has been issued to all NHS organisations in England, with similar circulars issued by the devolved administrations to employers in Cymru/Wales, Northern […]
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