Sussex Police have instead selected received by staff without providing elements of the handbook for partial adequate notice of change to contract. implementation. They are also Probation employers continue to negotiating with the branch on a undertake reorganisations resulting in variation to the scheme of unsocial changes to roles, terms and conditions hours payments. and in some cases, relocations and Surrey Police are not in the PSC and redundancies. members voted in favour of Objective 3 acceptance of a 1.5% local pay award for 2017/18. In response to Kent Police’s use of volunteers, the branch has submitted a As part of alignment with Sussex paper responding to the consultation, Police, Surrey Police are undertaking a criticising the lack of meaningful restructure likely to result in engagement on behalf of the employer redundancies within the Information and the poor quality of the process. and Crime Management team. Objective 4 Thames Valley Police continue to collaborate with local forces regarding The region’s service group Contact Management, Joint committee’s autumn seminar is set to Operations Unit, ICT, Counter include sessions on the IPCC’s role Terrorism and ERP. They will and Defence Medical Welfare Service. commence a review of all police staff A fighting fund area organiser is terms and conditions later this year. undertaking an 11 project with The 7 Force Strategic Collaboration focus on a building UNISON’s Programme is evolving across the east structure in relation to organising of England involving Kent and Essex probation members. They have sharing a Serious Crime Directorate and established stewards with paid release Support Directorate (e.g. HR functions, in three out of the four probation payroll etc.). The impact of a Kent and employers. They have developed Essex Management Command Review contacts, undertaken casework and looking at, blue light integration “ongoing provided support in negotiations to opportunities,” is yet to be determined. members within non-Police employers. Thames Valley Police and Sussex Police have entered into co-location arrangements with the fire service. West Midlands Region Surrey Police branch representatives have been involved in supporting The police staff branches continue to members through several IPCC cases. work in an environment of significant Sussex Police branch successfully cuts to the police budgets. West challenged custody firm Tascor Ltd’s Midlands Police still have £14m to attempt to reduce bank holiday pay save, Staffordshire has £9m to save,
Sussex Police have instead selected elements of the handbook for partial implementation. They are also negotiating with the branch on a variation to the scheme of unsocial hours payments. Surrey Police are not in the PSC and members voted in favour of acceptance of a 1.5% local pay award for 2017/18. As part of alignment with Sussex Police, Surrey Police are undertaking a restructure likely to result in redundancies within the Information and Crime Management team. Thames Valley Police continue to collaborate with local forces regarding Contact Management, Joint Operations Unit, ICT, Counter Terrorism and ERP. They will commence a review of all police staff terms and conditions later this year. The 7 Force Strategic Collaboration Programme is evolving across the east of England involving Kent and Essex sharing a Serious Crime Directorate and Support Directorate (e.g. HR functions, payroll etc.). The impact of a Kent and Essex Management Command Review looking at, “ongoing blue light integration opportunities,” is yet to be determined. Thames Valley Police and Sussex Police have entered into co-location arrangements with the fire service. Surrey Police branch representatives have been involved in supporting members through several IPCC cases. Sussex Police branch successfully challenged custody firm Tascor Ltd’s attempt to reduce bank holiday pay received by staff without providing adequate notice of change to contract. Probation employers continue to undertake reorganisations resulting in changes to roles, terms and conditions and in some cases, relocations and redundancies. Objective 3 In response to Kent Police’s use of volunteers, the branch has submitted a paper responding to the consultation, criticising the lack of meaningful engagement on behalf of the employer and the poor quality of the process. Objective 4 The region’s service group committee’s autumn seminar is set to include sessions on the IPCC’s role and Defence Medical Welfare Service. A fighting fund area organiser is undertaking an 11 project with focus on a building UNISON’s structure in relation to organising probation members. They have established stewards with paid release in three out of the four probation employers. They have developed contacts, undertaken casework and provided support in negotiations to members within non-Police employers. West Midlands Region The police staff branches continue to work in an environment of significant cuts to the police budgets. West Midlands Police still have £14m to save, Staffordshire has £9m to save,
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