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August 23, 2008
BRANCH MEETING ON 22 JULY - JE MOTION
The minutes of the branch meeting will follow in due course but we want to make members aware that at the branch meeting a motion was passed relating to the Job Evaluation Panel that was held on the 16th July. That was the panel where Napo and Unison Reps refused to participate because of serious concerns about the manner in which the JE scheme was being managed by HR. The panel went ahead in the absence of the unions – it was a panel drawn exclusively from the management side. Three posts were assessed: Business Manager, Operational Manager Offender Manager and Public Protection Prison Manager. The first two were ‘reviews’ and the prison post was a new post.
The Branch has made it clear that they fully support the action of their Napo Rep in refusing to sit on the panel and who, as we know, was emailed three weeks later, by the HR director, and informed that travelling expenses incurred on the 16th July would not be reimbursed! The JE Scheme does not belong to HPA – it is founded on the principle of joint-ownership between management and the unions. And we, for our part, understand the meaning of ownership.
The branch motion rejects the findings reached by the management panel that sat on the 16th. That panel was not properly convened, lacked legitimacy and therefore its findings are nullities.
Posted by Hampshire at August 23, 2008 12:28 PM