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29 July 2010	Social work progression update Details of DCC proposals

29 July 2010	SAP Update County Council's proposal to put right underpayment of wages

26 July 2010	Ongoing problems with SAP More complaints about SAP

20 July 2010	Problems with SAP? A new financial system was introduced by DCC in April.

15 July 2010	Unison's alternative budget Unison has now issued its alternative budget proposals

08 July 2010	English FE Employers make final offer Unison members in English FE Colleges

07 July 2010	Academy Status The branch has joined with the teaching trade unions in Derbyshire

06 July 2010	Time to renew tax credits Do you receive tax credits?

04 June 2010	Probation service rumours Regrading and redundancies?

02 June 2010	“Undercover Social Worker” Channel 4 Dispatches programme

27 May 2010	Single Status update What happens next ...

27 May 2010	Equal pay in Derbyshire County Council Further claims submitted

12 May 2010	County council and health service link-up? No approaches to the unions

11 May 2010	Building a safe, confident future for social workers County Council ‘policy’ What UNISON members want

10 May 2010	Volcanoes, ash, travel & leave County Council ‘policy’

22 April 2010	Children’s Centres newsletter Spring 2010 edition now available

16 April 2010	Unions call for significant pay rise for youth workers “The most important JNC pay submission for a generation”

12 April 2010	Probation pay award accepted Members vote overwhelmingly in favour

08 April 2010	The new Fit Note Changes to sickness reporting

07 April 2010	Youth & Community Workers Pay Employers considering claim

07 April 2010	Vicki Lang moves on Branch secretary election to be held

16 March 2010	Probation Service Pay Offer 2010 UNISON recommends offer to members

05 March 2010	County Council Single Status - No strike clause? Some members have received a letter from Derbyshire County Council saying their new contract includes a no strike clause, despite no mention of this being made when the variation to contract letters were issued.

05 March 2010	No changes agreed to working patterns for Home Helps Home helps are NOT required to change their individual work pattern under Single Status

04 March 2010	Behind BASW's announcement The British Association of Social Workers has told Community Care magazine it has dropped plans for a joint membership scheme with UNISON

02 March 2010	'Think again', Chesterfield told UNISON has urged Chesterfield Borough Council to abandon plans to privatise its corporate services and housing departments after two of the three bidders withdrew.

02 March 2010	Pay Freeze - Branch writes to Derbyshire County Councillors

04 February 2010	Outrage at pay freeze The employers have told members they face a pay freeze this year, despite nearly 3% inflation. The pay freeze is a real terms pay cut.

04 February 2010	Revised fit note is set for debut in April Fit notes, which are set to replace doctors’ sick notes for employees from April, will include a tick list of options on how employers can help a patient return to work, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

03 February 2010	Were you penalised for not making it through the snow? Most local authorities and larger organisations have Adverse Weather Policies. These dictate what you should do if the weather conditions prevent you getting to your normal place of work.