Back To Normal For TSB
TSB is planning to open branches from 9 am to 5 pm with effect from Monday, 29th June. Some branches will also open on Saturday from 9 am – 1 pm for appointments and self-service only. The two employer sponsored staff unions – Accord and Unite - are supporting the...
Working From Home – The New Normal?
As we enter the 9th week in lockdown, we are all settling into routines that a few months ago would have seemed bizarre. Approximately 5,000 TSB staff are now working from home but how long will that continue and would many of those, if given the choice, want to...
The Future Of Pension Contributions?
As it scrambles around to cut costs, our fear is that Lloyds will try to reduce its pension deficit contributions to the defined benefit pension schemes. And the Trustee, which is made up of bank appointees and unelected Member Nominated Trustees, will agree to...
COVID-19 & Individual Rights
The current standoff between the teachers and the Government over the safety of teachers and some children going back to school raises an important legal principle: the right of individual employees to protect their safety. Let’s be clear up front we are not asking or...
Covid-19 – Further Government Announcement
The Government has finally published detailed guidance of what it expects from employers in various work settings and 5 key points it expects employers to implement as soon as practical:"1. Work from home, if you canAll reasonable steps should be taken by employers to...
Covid-19 – Further Government Announcement
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...
Government Covid-19 Announcement Sunday 10th May
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...
Post-Lockdown TSB
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...
Landmark High Court Case Continues….On Skype
The second part of the union’s landmark legal case on Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs) will begin in the High Court today. Given the current turmoil the case will be heard by Mr Justice Morgan via Skype. Members will recall that in the first case in 2018, the High...
We Are Not Working Together!
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...
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