Members may be interested to know the current position with ACS cars.Management have put forward a paper to PCS to scrap the scheme.
The PCS response has been as follows:
- This is not a consultation but a negotiation and should be treated as such. We have offered evidence under employment law and VA’s own documents that this is the case.
- We have pointed out that the costing figures are not provided and we do not believe that the unsubstantiated savings suggested truthfully add up. The costs and savings implied just do not make sense.
- We have looked at the equality aspects.
This is not all – the PCS response was some 5 pages in length – but this blog is not the place to go into everything.
The response was sent to the CSD director on 22.12.07 and IR have confirmed it was received and was in time with the deadlines. The suggestion that the consultation period has lapsed is erroneous. IR have looked into it and confirmed that the message was misinterpreted by the manager enquiring.
PCS have compiled a number of personal cases on this issue and are looking at timing their submission so as to be most effective.
