May 11, 2020 | Advice, All Members, COVID-19
The government has now published the more detailed brief referred to in the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday; the full document can be read here. What is most noticeable about the government’s brief is that it contains very little detail on the key issues, nor the...
May 10, 2020 | Advice, All Members, COVID-19
This evening the Prime Minister announced what he described as the Government’s plans for handling the “next phase” of the Covid-19 pandemic and a set of options for England. Key employment points of his announcement were: people who can work from home should but...
May 6, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
As the largest independent trade union representing staff in TSB we have written to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy making it clear that once the lockdown is eased any changes to working practices must be legally...
Apr 30, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
Before we get onto the substance of this Newsletter members will be aware that the in-house staff unions – Accord and Unite – have issued a joint statement with Debbie Crosbie, Chief Executive, on COVID-19 and the bank’s response to the unfolding pandemic. One can...
Apr 23, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
Members will recall that in one of our previous Newsletters in early April – ‘Bonuses For Front-Line Staff’- we said that front-line staff should get a one-off bonus to reflect the fact that by going to work every day they are putting themselves and their families at...
Apr 20, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
The UK economy could shrink by 35% in the second quarter of this year and unemployment could hit 10%. Tens of thousands of small and medium sized businesses are going to collapse, even with the Government’s support packages, as the coronavirus lockdown measures take...
