culling begins...

StevieJ

ILW wrote: »

How the hell did that happen?

I don't know, maybe the govt moved jobs like Inland revenue to areas of high unemployment which would be a sensible thing to do.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/regions/north_east_and_cumbria/8500517.stm

dopester

michaels wrote: »

I'm just hoping I can last here another 8 months as it appears than then I would pass another arbitrary threshold and my statutory redundancy would be increased by 50%.

And yet we're hearing about the Government trying to pressure public sector workers into accepting less generous redundancy terms.

NUT isn't amongst the unions in the negotiatons though I notice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11502430

"It is up to our members now to decide if they wish to accept or reject this deal."

Under the terms of the revised scheme proposed by the coalition government, permanent staff will see their payouts for compulsory redundancy capped at a maximum of 12 months' pay.

The government claims that under the present rules some civil servants are eligible for a package worth more than six years' pay.
The government also proposes reducing the notice period for dismissal from six months to three.

I don't know enough about these matters but have heard some suggestions people are glad they accepted redundancy under more generous terms than people who later followed them.

The_White_Horse

why the hell has the council got more than 6000 staff. its obscene!!!!!!!!!

this is a good start. we need a blood bath. these people deserve the axe that is sharpening for them after their decade of champagne socialism.

oh no, they are all teachers and nurses all 6000. except, they aren't are they.

ILW

FTBFun wrote: »

Something like that, I can't remember the specifics. That wasn't really my point though.

Surprised she wasn't sent on a "file lifting" course.

FTBFun

ILW wrote: »

Surprised she wasn't sent on a "file lifting" course.

Probably because they don't exist?

I'm not sure why you're being so snide about this.

Sir_Humphrey

Seems like we have a bunch of people here who have no idea what councils actually do.

You are about to find out.

ILW

FTBFun wrote: »

Probably because they don't exist?

I'm not sure why you're being so snide about this.

Sorry, just wonder how you can injure yourself lifting a file.

The_White_Horse

Sir_Humphrey wrote: »

Seems like we have a bunch of people here who have no idea what councils actually do.

You are about to find out.

have meetings and decide new ways of how they can take my council tax from me and give it to some filthy work shy chav, so they can drink stella and watch jeremy kyle on my money.

i went to ireland and they have no council tax and simply pay 10 eur for their bin to be collected. so a weekly collection would cost me 40 eur a month instead of nearly 200gbp.

The_White_Horse

ILW wrote: »

Sorry, just wonder how you can injure yourself lifting a file.

its not just physical injury we have to protect our public sector workers from - it is also psychological injury. the file may contain something they don't like, like a story from the daily mail. this could lead to years off on full pay due to stress.

hateful vile cretins.

FTBFun

The_White_Horse wrote: »

its not just physical injury we have to protect our public sector workers from - it is also psychological injury. the file may contain something they don't like, like a story from the daily mail. this could lead to years off on full pay due to stress.

hateful vile cretins.

I doubt it, my mum reads the mail :rotfl: