Posted: 7th June 2021
The results of the General Secretary and Treasurer election were posted last week. Our branch adds its congratulations to the others received by Gary Smith, the winner, and our commiserations to Rehana Azam and Giovanna Holt. Barbara Plant was also re-elected as President of the Union at Congress yesterday. Congratulations also to Barbara.
The…
Posted: 17th May 2021
I occasionally have to represent people fired after a 3rd party client complaint. This is highly suspect and is likely to be an unfair dismissal. There is quite a lot of case law. Of course, legal enforcement of employment rights is retrospective and only available to those with two years employment longevity, but during the…
Posted: 14th May 2021
The Branch Secretary has been written to about the General Secretary and Treasurer election. This is conducted, exclusively by postal ballot and the ballot papers should have arrived by now. The message from our regional office is mostly posted below. It has been amended to conform with the rules restrictions on campaigning and canvassing.
This…
Posted: 24th March 2021
I needed to make a data subject access request for myself, to ask an employer what information they held on me. I made a wiki page, called Data Subject Access Requests | (davelevy.info). I was looking for a DSAR template, but couldn’t find anything for free, except
Posted: 15th March 2021
We have a branch meeting tomorrow, hope to see you there, if a member; we have Vicky Foxcroft MP speaking and will make our nomination for the election of the General Secretary, the three candidates details are on the GMB’s election web page.
Posted: 6th February 2021
The Union is going to run an election to fill the position of General Secretary and Treasurer. The formal announcement is on the Union’s web site in a page, snappily entitled, Election of General Secretary & Treasurer 2021. The article, which requires an active site login, links to additional documents inc. the timetable. As…
Posted: 6th January 2021
Two nights ago the Prime Minister announced a new lockdown in England. Top line being that people should stay at home and only leave their homes for work if the work cannot be done at home and is essential. The rest of this article talks about what employers must do and who to report them…
Posted: 5th January 2021
The Branch’s 1st Quarter meetings have been posted on the site. Member’s will be informed of how to join by email. If you do not receive these emails, please register yurself and your email on the national membership system, instructions are in this article.
Posted: 4th December 2020
Objectives in performance management systems should be SMART. This stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timebound. Wikipedia quotes the original idea as appearing in the November 1981 issue of Management Review by George T. Doran.
The two most important for us as employees/union reps is the specific and realistic criteria. Without a…
Posted: 2nd December 2020
Times are tough right now. Covid has hit working people hard. Unemployment is rising fast. Work is hard to come by. Far too many people are struggling to make ends meet.
We know many of you may be worried about what the future holds. That’s why we wanted to reach out: to let you know…