The following details have been supplied by the PCS DWP Group:
The following is an extract from a letter to the employer dated 8th August 2013 regarding practises of not paying Temporary Duties Addition for people who are TDA’d for less than 4 days:
“Operations Trade Union Side has been contacted by reps regarding Temporary Duties Allowances being amended in Operations , particularly Pensions and CCS. We are told that the Addition will not be paid for periods of less than four days. This is contrary to DWP Policy which clearly states at paragraph 1 of the TDA policy:
‘You are eligible for TDA if you are required to work temporarily at a higher Band/Grade for half a day or more’.
We have checked with Departmental Trade Union Side for correspondence and have found nothing.
We are very disappointed that PCS appear to have not only not been consulted, but not even informed of this change.
Could you please investigate and let us know the origins and coverage of the decision, that will potentially compromise customer services and efficiency, in what we believed to be “One DWP”.
The response from the employer dated 6th September 2013 was as follows:
“I refer to your communications regarding the application of TDA in DWP Operations.
I have investigated with the businesses concerned and can confirm that the approaches being developed do not contravene DWP policy. Staff remain eligible for TDA if they are required to work temporarily at a higher Band/Grade.
What business units are attempting to do, however, is reduce the number occasions when they are required to work temporarily at a higher Band/Grade.
I have reminded Senior HRBPs within Operations of the need to engage TUS in developing their approach.”
You remain therefore eligible for TDA if you are required to work temporarily at a higher Band/Grade for half a day or more.
