Healthcare assistants at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly to accept an offer of back pay to compensate for tasks carried out above their pay grade, says UNISON today (Tuesday). The healthcare assistants have been employed on band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Change salary scale, but have for years undertaken clinical duties, which […]
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Plans by Kirklees Council to close two customer service centres next week are being forced through without any consultation with the public, unions or the staff they represent and councillors must think again, says UNISON today (Tuesday). The local authority had proposed closing the two centres, in Huddersfield and Dewsbury, with the loss of around 40 […]
The proposed closure of community support centres by Kirklees Council risk letting down victims of domestic violence and others who have nowhere to turn, UNISON says today (Wednesday). In the past few days a customer service officer in Kirklees, based in one of the centres earmarked to be shut, provided key face-to-face support for a […]
Staff working at two customer service centres at risk of closure by Kirklees Council are being balloted for strike action, says UNISON today (Monday). The council is proposing to shut the two sites, in Huddersfield and Dewsbury, which would lead to the loss of more than 40 jobs. The centres offer support to the community […]
Healthcare workers at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield who are campaigning to be rebanded so their pay reflects the tasks they carry out have received support from their MP, says UNISON today (Friday). Many of the healthcare assistants at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, including those in Wakefield, have been on band 2 of the NHS’s […]
Proposals to close two customer services centres in Kirklees are likely to have the greatest impact on the most vulnerable members of the local community, says UNISON today (Monday). A formal consultation to close the centres in Huddersfield and Dewsbury began last week. The plans could see the loss of more than 40 council jobs, […]
