Public and Commercial Services Union

Apply coherent common standards on hours, leave and family leave based on the levels in the PCS Model Pay Claim. These are:

• Conditioned hours of no more than 35 hours per week (net)
• 30 days annual leave for all staff
• 39 weeks maternity leave on full pay
• 15 days paid maternity support leave, with shorter qualifying service and notice periods than those in the statutory regulations
• 39 weeks paid adoption leave, with no qualifying service requirement
• Paid leave to deal with domestic emergencies
• Paid leave for eldercare and other

A holistic approach to work and life

Work with PCS to promote a holistic approach that recognises how balancing work with other aspects of life supports diversity and health.

Policies tailored to specific workplaces can be developed which benefit staff, management and service users. These solutions should include:

• Access to flexible working patterns for all staff at all levels without career detriment
• Opportunities for all workers to use their full range of skills regardless of their working pattern
• Better opportunities and incentives for acquiring new skills
• Appraisal systems based on contribution and achievement rather than attendance
• Appropriate support and provision for childcare
• Adequate staffing levels and achievable targets and workloads
• Limiting individual choices of working patterns only when there is a real need to do so
• Skilling managers to manage a workforce with diverse working patterns