Help for Reps
Below you will see various links to help you with vital day to day representational issues. In time, we will also be adding a detailed library of personal cases to enable reps to share best practice and utilise case law precedents in their personal case work.
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Resources for Reps (PCS Site) |
PC1& Notes (PDF Version) |
PCS guide to tackling bullying at the workplace |
Guide to Employment Law Scheme |
Link to HSE Website with invaluable H&S tools |
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| Link to ACAS page and Codes of Practice | Link to ET Service, which includes online forms for tribunal claims | Link to TUC website | Link to TUC Blog | Contains links to Disability Rights and much more |
| ACAS GUIDANCE | |||
| ACAS COP on Facilities Time | Code of Practice on Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures | Click HERE for a consultation document produced by ACAS on time off for TU duties & activities (pdf document) in January 2009. | Click HERE for PCS briefing on new ACAS procedures. |
THE DISABILITY
DISCRIMINATION ACT |
| Guide to the Disability Discrimination Act |
| Guide to Mobility (opens in Word) |
| Mellor v HMRC. How NOT to deal with stress! |
| TUC GUIDANCE ON REPRESENTING MEMBERS' WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS |
| TUC GUIDANCE ON REPRESENTING MEMBERS IN SICKNESS ABSENCE AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION |
| PCS Wales memo 08-15 which highlights the importance of making sure employers are aware of a members' disability. |
| Click HERE for a legal Q & A on stress related absences. |
| Click HERE to view a briefing on key discrimination cases in 2009 |
| Click HERE for Cabinet Office Guidance on reasonable adjustments for DDA, published in April 2009 |
| CLICK HERE FOR IMPORTANT TUC GUIDANCE ON DDA ET CASES FOLLOWING THE MALCOLM CASE. UPDATED 17TH JUNE 2009. |
| Depression - a case study (opens in Word) |
| Stress - a case study of victory by PCS in HMRC (opens in Word) |
| Workplace Stress and Avenues in Litigation (opens in Word) |
SEX
DISCRIMINATION ACT & RELATED ISSUES |
| Sex Discrimination Act - a guide |
| Click HERE for a briefing on updates to the Sex Discrimination Act. |
| PREGNANCY AT WORK 2008 |
| Click HERE for an important briefing regarding pregnancy related absences |
| Click HERE for PCS guidance on entitlement to non-pay related benefits during additional Maternity Leave |
SICKNESS
ABSENCE GUIDANCE |
| NEWS OF AN IMPORTANT VICTORY BY A HMRC MEMBER REGARDING ACCRUED LEAVE WHILST ON SICK ABSENCE. UPDATED 3RD FEBRUARY 2009. |
| please click HERE for PCS guidance on the Stringer case in the European Court of Justice. |
| Click HERE for a further update on the issue of holiday pay during sick absences - April 2009 |
EMPLOYMENT
LAW |
| Guidance on Fixed Term Workers |
| Human Rights Act & Employment Law |
| TUC GUIDANCE ON TUPE TRANSFERS |
| Click HERE to read about an important Employment Tribunal victory regarding unfair dismissal for use of the internet at work. |
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legal advice for withdrawing from ET claims. Click HERE for the attachment
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| Alcohol, drugs, and employment law (opens in Word) |
| Flexible Working Patterns - A Statutory Guide (opens in Word) |
| Homeworking - Statutory Guide (opens in Word) |
| Guidance on Summer issues in the workplace - updated 13th July 2009 |
BULLYING &
HARASSMENT |
| Click HERE to read an important study on tackling workplace bullying & harassment |
| Bullying - a guide (opens in Word) |
GENERAL REPRESENTATIONAL
ISSUES |
| Click HERE to view Reps in Action, a joint statement by Government, TUC, and CBI |