VOTE YES FOR FAIR PAY

The Scottish Employers have imposed a pay award of 1% on our members from 1 April 2014. Further they have refused to negotiate on UNISON’s claim for this period which was: An additional £1 per hour for all staff conditioned by the Scottish Joint Council...

Holiday Pay Issue

Colleagues You should all be in receipt of your Holiday Pay Claim Forms now, and as advised on the covering letter it is extremely important that you fill them out and return them asap. It has come to our attention that starting from Thursday NLC employees will be...

Holiday Pay Claim

Colleagues We are in the process of issuing forms to every UNISON member allowing them to make a claim in respect of the EU ruling on holiday pay. (Please see previous briefings) These forms will be with you by late next week and includes all of the information you...

Learning Opportunities

UNISON has been able to secure funding via Scottish Union Learning to provide the following FREEWorkshops for Workers in South and North Lanarkshire Councils, NHS Lanarkshire, the Voluntary and Care Sector. Click the link below for more information. Learning...

Holiday Pay

Background On 22 May 2014, UNISON member Joe Lock was successful in his claim, Lock v British Gas. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that a worker’s 20 days statutory annual leave pay should include commission payments if these were part of...

HOME SUPPORT WORKERS

Colleagues You may remember that back in May we asked you to submit Freedom of Information (FOI) requests asking for your job evaluation documents, and to our knowledge over 200 of you did this. We did this for 2 reasons; 1 to get the information and 2 to put pressure...