You will recall that we have fought and won Tribunal cases for members who were members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) and who were required to transfer to the Alpha Pension Scheme that was introduced in 2015.
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Prison Officers Required for research: 'Working to identify the support and supervision needs of prison officers working within prison environments.’
If you are a prison officer, you are invited to take part in this research ‘working to identify the support and supervision needs of prison officers working within prison environments.’
CIRC 004: HMPPS MENOPAUSE FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUP
As members are aware the POA Health and Safety Whitley Committee have been campaigning for a menopause policy for members to be produced by HMPPS. HMPPS have now realised they need a policy and work has started on producing it.
CIRC 002: INITIAL BRANCH OFFICIALS TRAINING (BOT): 28 FEBRUARY – 3 MARCH 2022 THE QUORN GRANGE HOTEL – LOUGHBOROUGH
As you are aware POA Circular 114/2021 requested expressions of interest to attend the above training. Unfortunately, due to the current Omicron variant and related problems, it has been decided to postpone this training.
CIRC 001: NEC MINUTES
Please find attached NEC minutes for 15th December and Special NEC minutes for the 21st December 2021 for your information.
Scotland: SNC Chair Update
It’s been six months since taking up my role as Scottish National Committee (SNC) Chair and to say it’s been quick is an understatement.
Scotland: Covid continues to impact on us all
Phil Fairlie, Assistant General Secretary for Scotland, reflects on the past 12 months
General Secretary: Betrayal on pay
POA members in England and Wales who work in public-sector jails will rightly be outraged at the betrayal of the government in relation to pay.
National Chair: The Service is speeding towards a major staffing crisis and the government refuses to listen
HMPPS would have you all believe that they are successfully recruiting thousands of frontline prison officers and we will soon be up to the target staff in post figures for every establishment.
PR 235: OFFICERS PRAISE PARLIAMENT PRISON PLANS
Prison officers are throwing their weight behind two parliamentary initiatives this month – Earl Attlee’s bid to ban the “facilitation of potting” and Grahame Morris MP’s Prisons (Violence) Bill, aka the “Safe Inside Law”.
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