The POA NEC Security & Custody Whitley Committee are involved in consultation with HMPPs around the new electronic Prisoner Escort Reports – E-PERs.
CIRC 161: E-PERs
The POA NEC Security & Custody Whitley Committee are involved in consultation with HMPPs around the new electronic Prisoner Escort Reports – E-PERs.
CIRC 160: ELECTION RESULT 2021 NATIONAL CHAIR ELECTION 2021
Please find attached the Certificate of Result from Civica Election Services, formally known as Electoral Reform Services (ERS).
CIRC 159: NEC MINUTES
Please find attached NEC minutes for the 11th November 2020, for your information.
CIRC 158: POTENTIAL PAY FREEZE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
Please find the attached letter sent to the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Mr Robert Buckland QC and MP which is self - explanatory.
CIRC 157: RISK ASSESSMENTS
Concerns regarding individual Risk Assessments for vulnerable staff have been raised by POA Committees to the NEC.
CIRC 156: POA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 8TH NOVEMBER TO 12TH NOVEMBER 2021 5 DAY ANNUAL CONFERENCE
At the NEC Meeting on the 11th November 2020 the Executive discussed the possibility of the POA holding a physical Conference in the normal month that it is held in May 2021.
CIRC 155: NATIONAL CHAIR UPDATE NOVEMBER 2020
Please ensure the contents of this circular are relayed to all POA members.
CIRC 154: NEC MINUTES
Please find attached NEC minutes for the 28th October 2020, for your information.
CIRC 153: ILL HEALTH RETIREMENT McCLOUD JUDGEMENT – URGENT INFORMATION REQUIRED
The Deputy General Secretary has been contacted today by Cabinet Office who have asked for numbers of members who are currently going through Ill Health Retirement who were in Classic and Premium, but are being retired under Alpha.
CIRC 152: LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS FOR PRISONS IN ENGLAND
We are now able to confirm the extent of lockdown restrictions that will come into effect from today in Prisons in England. We have included Public Health England Advice for clarity.
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Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.