PCS: Union responds to Francis Maude over redundancy pay

Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:00 AM

In response to Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude's answer in the Commons where he claimed that PCS has not engaged in discussions over the civil service compensations scheme, Mark Serwotka PCS general secretary said: "We believe Francis Maude's comments made in the Commons today are deliberately misleading. PCS has done everything possible to engage in discussions over changes to our members' redundancy entitlements.

We have even put forward proposals that would protect the lowest paid but the Minister is refusing to look at them despite promising us that they would lead to further talks. This is therefore preventing any chance of reaching an agreed settlement. Instead of forcing through legislation which would seriously worsen our members' redundancy entitlement and attempting to make job cuts on the cheap, the government needs to sit down and listen to what we are proposing with a view to reaching a negotiated agreement."

A copy of our press release from Friday 19 November on Francis Maude's decision to renege on his promise to protect the lowest paid is available on our website.
www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events

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- The Public and Commercial Services union represents civil and public servants in central government. It has more than 300,000 members in over 200 departments and agencies, as well as staff in parts of government transferred to the private sector. PCS is the UK's sixth largest union and is affiliated to the TUC. The general secretary is Mark Serwotka and the president is Janice Godrich

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