31.1.13

Make sure you check that check-list for the One to Ones

Make sure you check the check-list compiled for your One to One meeting – This covers the majority of the DWP Norcross site closure second One to One meetings.

We are aware, unfortunately, that there may have been instances, once again where the actual details supplied to the line manager have been boiled down to a yes or no answer for some form of overall capture sheet; that the member hasn’t seen, for the purpose of aggregating the answers (and undoubtedly ensuring that the overall answer is the one that the employer wants to hear).

This surrounds the group of members who may have said that Peel Park is outside of their mobility conditions of service travelling time (potentially mobile and non mobile categories), It appears that in some instances the aggregates capture sheets have been pickled down to “Yes” or “No” answers for is the person prepared to move to Peel Park (or potentially Warbreck), when some people will fall into a “Yes” or “No” category but really many, many people will fall into the “Yes, but only if” category (i.e. that they will only be prepared to breach their real conditions of service, as set out on the employer’s intranet, provided that compensation is paid under the Workforce Management Redeployment Package (which could relate to travelling time or family care expenses etc) and that if/ when this is accepted that you would consider moving or to be redeployed to an office within your mobility and/ or to be considered for an exit package.

What you should now do
We would ask that all members now ask (unless this has already been done) to see the details that have been recorded about them on the aggregate sheet and ask that they are put in the correct category, rather than erroneously placed in the “Yes” box.