Auto Enrolment legislation means that every employer must automatically enrol workers into a workplace pension scheme if they: are aged between 22 and State Pension age earn more than £10,000 a year (£833.33 per month) ordinarily work in the UK. UCU has selected the Universities Superannuation Scheme ‘USS’ as its workplace pension scheme for automatic
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The TUC has launched a survey into the experiences of LGBT workers to better understand the type of sectors they are in, whether they are out about their sexual orientation and / or trans status, their experiences of discrimination and how they access justice. This survey is open to all workers, whether they are in
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Dear Member, We would like to remind you that your Union Branch is able to offer support and answer questions about any aspect of your job role. In particular, we are aware that some colleagues have been invited to meetings by their managers to informally discuss underperformance. We would recommend that you seek union advice
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Sally Hunt re-elected as UCU general secretary Sally Hunt has been re-elected as UCU general secretary with nearly 60% of votes cast. Sally said: ‘I intend to deliver on the democratic mandate I have been given. That means increasing support for members when they need it most and redoubling our efforts to campaign on issues
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I am sorry that the links are not all working at the moment. We are trying to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Pam.
Dear colleagues Recently, the House of Lords backed an amendment to the higher education (HE) bill that says universities’ performance in the teaching excellence framework (TEF) should not be linked to the tuition fees they are allowed to charge. This is a significant blow for the government and the result of a great deal of
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Those of you who were approached and asked to put a coin in a glass, in the Atrium, on Wednesday, 1st March, will be interested to learn the result of the poll: PAY 11% JOB SECURITY 33% WORKLOAD 45% OTHER 11% Thanks to everyone who participated.
Later this year, UCU will be updating its membership portal and support site to create ‘My UCU’ – a mobile device friendly portal where members can manage their own personal information and log support requests.
Dear colleague, On 20 December, the general secretary wrote to all higher education (HE) branch officers to set out the higher education committee (HEC) strategy for pursuing claims on casualisation and the gender pay gap at institution level. While we continue to work with the University and College Employers Association (UCEA) at a UK level
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Dear colleague, UCU’s education committee has been undertaking research into the current status of, and protection for, academic freedom in UK higher education, with a view to making a report to the UCU congress in 2017. We have been working with Professor Terence Karran (University of Lincoln) on this issue, including a survey of members’ personal experience regarding the protection
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