Public and Commercial Services Union

These pages are a resource for PCS members in DWP. They are funded and resourced by PCS. 

The DWP group secretary comments "The DWP group campaigns hard for members and works tirelessly to improve the pay, terms and conditions and job security through our negotiations with DWP management, ministers and the government.

We see communication with members as one of our highest priorities and we believe that this web site is the principle medium for communicating our message to our members across the group.

We hope that members will increasingly use, contribute to and enjoy this site and use it as an important resourse. If you have any views on the web site or suggestions about how we can improve it please contact PCS Leeds office."

Latest news from the group

Pay Bulletin 17

9 May 2008
Following the hugely successful strike action on 24 April, your GEC immediately wrote to management seeking further meetings to resolve the pay dispute. Management have confirmed that an approach has been made to treasury to improve the offer and they are currently waiting for a response and that they will meet us as soon as a response is received.

Attendance management - unagreed, unfair and unacceptable

8 May 2008
PCS has no actual or inferred support for the DWP attendance management policy.

Flexible new deal - no new deal staff to be privatised

7 May 2008
Jobcentre Plus has today informed PCS that no new deal staff will transfer to the private sector as part of the flexible new deal privatisation.

CSA breaks and flexible working hours policy

6 May 2008
Many of you will be aware further changes to the CSA breaks and flexible working hours policy were imposed from 5 May.  These follow on from changes to bandwidths imposed from 18 February, and centre around amended core times, restrictions on flexi credit/deficit carry-over and perhaps most controversially, replacing the traditional paid breaks.