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VOSA is in a mess

11 February 2010

The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) is heading for a deficit in its trading fund account of up to £40 million. The Union has already been warned that staff face a 0% pay offer in 2010; just like the 0% pay deal in 2009.

In a ballot, 95% of members voted to reject the 2009 pay "offer". This vote prompted a meeting with the Chief Executive who told us to expect the same "offer" in 2010.

Of course this is very much a case of others getting zero while the top table gets more. In 2009 a handful of senior managers shared a bonus of £25,000 between themselves. We have every reason to believe that the Chief didn’t suffer either.

Now the reason given for the zero offer is the increasing deficit that the trading fund is running up. PCS rejects this argument. When the agency was in healthy surplus the Union was told that this money could not be used for pay purposes. We do not accept therefore that a deficit does count for pay purposes.

Of course all this is bogus accounting. VOSA is not a business; it is carrying out vital statutory functions such as safety checking buses and coaches once a year. To maintain safety standards the Government has to maintain VOSA. For us it is that simple.

 

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