Pay parity needed for workers in Huddersfield hospital

Cleaners, porters and maintenance staff based at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary should have their pay and conditions improved to match colleagues on NHS contracts. The support workers are employed by Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) – a wholly owned subsidiary company providing facilities services to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. Workers employed by CHS receive […]

Healthcare staff in Calderdale and Huddersfield secure ‘significant’ back pay deal, says UNISON

Healthcare assistants in the maternity and theatre departments of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are to be moved up a salary grade and receive five years’ back pay for clinical tasks already carried out, says UNISON today (Thursday). The staff are currently employed on band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale. […]

NHS staff in Calderdale and Huddersfield to march on trust chiefs to demand back pay they deserve, says UNISON

Healthcare assistants at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust will protest outside their employer’s board meeting to demand compensation for carrying out tasks above their pay grade, says UNISON today (Wednesday). The staff, who work in the theatre and maternity departments of the trust, are employed on band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale […]

West Yorkshire A&E workers secure thousands of pounds in back pay after rebanding, says UNISON

Healthcare workers in hospital A&E departments across Huddersfield and Halifax who have performed duties above their pay grade for years will receive thousands of pounds in back pay, UNISON says today (Wednesday). Many of the healthcare assistants working in A&E at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust have been on band 2 of the national […]