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PCS What’s On 10 to 16 August

07 Aug 2020

The coming week sees the return of the Covid 19: Safe Return to Work online course as well a series of sessions on black history and PCS's racism and intolerance course. An all members' zoom call has also been arranged to discuss the impact of the pandemic on women.

PCS most popular in July 2020

07 Aug 2020

Our latest round-up shows what’s been popular on PCS channels in the past month, as well as showing who has been viewing and engaging with our content.

PCS consultative ballot of jobcentre and Universal Credit workers opens 17 August

07 Aug 2020

The government’s plans to extend hours in 21 Universal Credit service centres and jobcentre hours until 8pm on weekdays and increase face-to face contact with the public will be put to PCS members in a consultative ballot running from 17 August to 7 September.

PCS to launch ballot as Southbank Centre confirms cuts to redundancy pay for hundreds of staff

07 Aug 2020

PCS is launching a consultative ballot on Monday (10) of our Southbank Centre members as the employer confirms it will not pay its normal redundancy terms, meaning hundreds of staff will lose out on thousands of pounds.

PCS exposes contradictory Covid advice from Boris Johnson and the Cabinet Office

06 Aug 2020

The union has demanded that the government reinstate home working across the civil service in line with current scientific advice that homeworking has worked well during the ongoing Corona pandemic.