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November 04, 2008
TRAVEL ALLOWANCES: START OF NEGOTIATIONS
We attended a meeting today with the chief officer and the HR director regarding travel allowances and car parking.
This was our first negotiation meeting.
Napo and Unison have been asked to put forward proposals. It was stated that no proposals would be acceptable to the management side unless, if adopted, they resulted in significant reductions to travel costs.
We would welcome views from members and the branch meeting on Friday 21 November that will take place at IB Road in Portsmouth will be crucial in this regard. We urge as many members to attend as possible. However, if you cannot please contact Tina Williams, George Clarke or Richard Marshall.
If the management proposals are implemented all members will have to pay for car parking at work; a significant number will lose the lump sum allowance starting next April and no staff will receive the allowance after 2012; for staff who work in offices that do not provide car parking they will become responsible for their own parking costs on those days when they do not use their car for work purposes.
We have asked management for information about how they intend to achieve budget reductions beyond travel allowances as they say changes to travel allowances alone will not be sufficient to reach a balanced budget.
We have also asked for more details about the Area’s plans with regard to transport arrangements if staff elect not to use their own vehicles.
A further meeting with management is planned for early December.
Posted by Hampshire at November 4, 2008 03:11 PM