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Scotland Demands a Pay Rise: Scottish Parliament Pay Demonstration 8th September 2022.
July 29th, 2022SCOTTISH TRADES UNION CONGRESS […]
Read More...SJC PAY 2022 – LETTER TO COSLA
July 28th, 2022To: Simon Cameron, COSLA SJC Joint Secretary c.c: Cllr Katy Hagmann, COSLA Resources Spokesperson All Scottish Council Leaders Date: 27th July 2022 Dear Simon, SJC Pay 2022 We write further to our recent correspondence informing you that you had left us with no option but to proceed with conducting formal statutory industrial action ballots on […]
Read More...LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS VOTE FOR STRIKES ACROSS SCOTLAND
July 27th, 202226July 2022 Thousands of council workers across Scotland have voted to take industrial action which will disrupt schools, early years centres, nurseries and waste and recycling centres across Scotland, in the largest strike ballot amongst council workers in over a decade, UNISON, Scotland largest local government union, said when they were announcing the results their […]
Read More...TAX CREDITS DEADLINE – ONE WEEK TO GO
July 22nd, 2022Below link published this morning on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/one-week-to-go-to-the-tax-credits-deadline-dont-miss-out
Read More...HUGE WIN FOR UK WORKERS
July 21st, 2022Outcome of Harpur Trust v Brazel & UNISON case in the UK Supreme Court. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02qx7n1ksfmvZAKJyaCzBaVZzoZ4Zx9QhwAmXM719xaAdrjbmeenPDVQDTX3kuPh1fl&id=100001965539043&sfnsn=scwspmo
Read More...HMRC News Release: NAT35/22 – More than 33,600 tax credits customers use HMRC app to renew.
July 18th, 2022Date: 15 July 2022 Ref: NAT 35/22 More than 33,600 tax credits customers use HMRC app to renew More than 33,600 customers have successfully used the HMRC app to renew their tax credits claim so far this year, a 39% increase on last year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed. […]
Read More...QUICK GUIDE TO TEMPERATURE AT WORK.
The following link provides a quick guide to temperature at work. https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2022/06/Temperature-at-Work-Quick-guide-2022-update.pdf?
Read More...Employment tribunal classes long COVID as a disability.
‘Staff with long COVID need reasonable adjustments and support, not to be put on the scrap heap’ In a landmark legal case for sufferers of long COVID, an employment tribunal recently ruled that the symptoms brought about by the condition may be classed as a disability. Terence Burke brought claims of disability discrimination and unfair […]
Read More...SOCIAL WORK AND THE NATIONAL CARE SERVICE
July 4th, 20224th July 2022 SOCIAL WORK AND THE NATIONAL CARE SERVICE. Follow below link for latest briefing. https://unison-scotland.org/wp-content/uploads/NCS-Bill-Social-Work-e-briefing.pdf
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