Some more questions have been coming to the office about the compensation that may be payable under the Workforce Management Redeployment Package, if you agree to travel to Peel Park outside of your conditions of service travelling time (see Mobility Rules).
There have been concerns raised that an area (or areas) of the employer, or their Personnel section (s) had indicated that “you cannot apply for WMRP unless you are declared surplus”.
We have explained in the members’ meetings that a) this is not what happened when the DWP Moorland Road site closed and people transferred to Peel Park, as the employer at that stage realised the benefits in trying to introduce a smooth transfer, and b) that is not what the DWP’s conditions of service say.
The relevant part of the DWP’s Conditions of Service is as follows; “You may be eligible for a WMRP if you are in Band A/AA to Band G/Grade 6 and equivalent and where:
- you are surplus, or are facing a surplus situation,"
The following link should take you to the page, the point that I quoted is at point 5. LINK
Reading all not just part of the Conditions of Service
Despite this there have still been statements that “you have to be declared surplus”. The attached details talk about a “surplus situation”. It appears that “a surplus situation” (point 3) means that “you are surplus or facing a surplus situation” (point 5).
