Transforming Rehabilitation –
Following on from the meeting at the offices of the
conciliation service ACAS on Monday, Napo, UNISON and GMB/SCOOP met with the
Minister, Jeremy Wright yesterday. A
frank but constructive dialogue took place and we managed to secure a further
concession from the MoJ with regard to protections for staff over continuity of
service. Since Monday, we have improved the additional protection of continuity
of employment for staff employed on the 31 March 2014 who transfer between CRCs
or from the NPS to a CRC, post share sale from 9 months to 7 years.
As a result, the following statement has been sent to the
MoJ today.
The joint trade unions acknowledge the progress made in
discussions during w/c 16 December, including ACAS and the Probation Minister,
regarding the NNC/SCCOG Staff Transfer and Protection Agreement. We are minded
to recommend the latest offer (subject to written confirmation) to our
respective committees with a view to seeking agreement and ratification at the
next NNC. As you know, we need to make rapid progress on an interchange
agreement, the staff commission and technical pension issues.
Each union will now be making arrangements to call meetings
of relevant committees to progress matters. Meanwhile, both unions have agreed to suspend
local disputes regarding TR assignment pending decisions on the final draft
agreement at the next NNC.
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NNC CIRCULAR No. 11/2013
SCCOG CIRCULAR No. 10/2013
SCCOG CIRCULAR No. 10/2013
TRANSFORMING REHABILITATION – ER/HR
ISSUES
NATIONAL AGREEMENT ON STAFF TRANSFER
AND PROTECTIONS
.
We write to confirm that, following a period of intensive
negotiations, it has been agreed
that the National Agreement on Staff transfer and protections will now be
tabled for ratification at a full meeting of the NNC/SCCOG in January 2014.
The Agreement includes an enhanced voluntary redundancy
scheme which will remain in operation until 31 March 2015, with the last day of
service agreed to be no later than 31 March 2016. Additionally, the commercial
contracts will specify that, other than where more beneficial terms exist,
where voluntary redundancy is offered, these enhanced terms should apply to any
member of staff employed by a Probation Trust on 31 March 2014.
Key provisions of the Agreement are:
•
A guarantee of employment for all probation staff, employed
by a Probation Trust at 31 March 2014, in either the NPS or appropriate CRC.
•
No compulsory redundancy up until 1 June 2015
•
Protection of continuity of employment for any member of
staff transferring between NPS/CRC up to the point of share sale.
•
Additional protection of continuity of employment for staff
employed on the 31 March 2014 who transfer between CRCs or from the NPS to a
CRC for a period of seven years post share sale, this to be specified in the
commercial contract.
•
Continuation of Trade Union Recognition.
•
Continuation of National Collective Bargaining - national
collective bargaining arrangements will be continued with the recognised trade
unions. These arrangements, which will
replicate the existing NNC and SCCOG machinery appropriately reconstituted,
will be recognised in formal Constitutions agreed by 31 March 2014.
•
Maximising career development opportunities and interchange
between the CRCs and NPS. An Interchange Agreement will be developed and jointly
agreed by 31 March 2014.
The employers and the trade unions recognise that the past
few months have been very unsettling for staff.
The additional protections provided by key elements of the Agreement are
designed to provide greater reassurance to staff about their future employment
and terms and conditions.
This Agreement will be formally ratified at a full meeting of
the NNC and SCCOG in January 2014. In
the meantime, the disputes at local level are suspended by the trade unions and
will be withdrawn once the Agreement is ratified.
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