POA Circulars
Overpayment of salary, refusal to pay payment plus and other allowances
The NEC, Legal Aid Committee and our legal providers, Thompsons have over the past few months dealt with a number of requests for advice in relation to the above issues.
Voluntary Re-grading from Senior Officer to Prison Officer
We have now achieved clarification on the above issue in the form of the attached letter from Jim Heavens.
NEC minutes for the 11th August 2010
Please find attached NEC minutes of the 11th August 2010 for your information.
DPSM's
We have received a number of requests from DPSM’s in respect of Payment Plus and Tornado Payments.
Health and Safety
It is the intention of the NEC to compile a database of Health and Safety Reps in England and Wales.
District Meetings 2010
At the NEC meeting on the 25th August 2010, the Executive determined that the District Meetings would not take place this year, due to a number of external factors that the union must engage in, as we attempt to protect Public Services with our sister unions.
NEC minutes for the 28th July 2010
Please find attached an updated NEC Branch Area Structure following the election of Mr Terry Fullerton to the National Executive Committee.
POA Response to Hutton Review on Pensions via CCSU
Following the announcement by the new Coalition Government of a review of public service pension provision, the CCSUs constituent unions decided to submit a joint response to stage one of that review.
Ministerial Visits
It has been drawn to the Executives attention that members of the Coalition Government have previously visited prisons and are planning to visit more in the future.
Job Evaluation Scheme
As you all know the Prison Service has embarked on a fact finding process to inform themselves that a Job Evaluation Scheme (JES) can be introduced sometime in the future.