DWP Recruiting Again - 2012

DanH84_2

antonic wrote: »

And dont forget you wont be getting any payrises for the next 2 years, AND like me, your pension contributions will rise each year til 2015
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Ah great, another pay freeze? Does this effect progression within band as well as base band inflation increases?

aylithuk

sammyjammy wrote: »

Don't worry you get annual leave from the day you start but as already said you get a full years allowance from the 1st of the month your birthday falls in, until then you will receive a pro rata amount for the period from start date to that time.

Oh ok. He might of misunderstood because he was told he's got 22 days holiday between now and next June. His Birthday is in March?

DanH84_2

aylithuk wrote: »

Oh ok. He might of misunderstood because he was told he's got 22 days holiday between now and next June. His Birthday is in March?

Not unless they changed the policy since I left in 2011. It's a year from your birthday month. So he should get a prorated amount from now till the end of Feb then another 22 days from 1st March 2013. When you join you get an alignment allocation.

jubileee

DanH84 wrote: »

Not unless they changed the policy since I left in 2011. It's a year from your birthday month. So he should get a prorated amount from now till the end of Feb then another 22 days from 1st March 2013. When you join you get an alignment allocation.

Many areas just allocate 22 days on arrival and then do proportionate calcs in year 2. Reason for this is because annual leave entitlement increases to 25 days after a year so managers would be constantly calculating part year entitlements if they work to birthday month from day one.

antonic

DanH84 wrote: »

Ah great, another pay freeze? Does this effect progression within band as well as base band inflation increases?

TBH I`m not sure, but then I have been at the top of the AO payscale for 20 years, so I havent had a progression rise for that long !

As for your second point, there will be NO payrises (despite what % inflation is at) for those of EO and above.

(After all, were all in this together .....)

Druagh

DanH84 wrote: »

Ah great, another pay freeze? Does this effect progression within band as well as base band inflation increases?

Sorry to be the one to say it, but there is no automatic progression within pay bands in the Civil Service. To qualify for a rise you must be rated as 'wholly exceptional' in your annual appraisal. In most areas managers never rate anyone as 'wholly exceptional'.:(

This has been an issue for some years. As has been the continuing dispute over pensions. I strongly suggest that everyone joining the DWP in this recruitment seeks out the PCS and joins asap!:cool:

sweety_1

any east Londoners on reserve list received provisional offers?I emailed them yesterday to know my position on the list.My score is 32.

MarkyMark87

The pay freeze affects anyone earning 21k - so our pay won't rise for a couple of years. That said, I currently earn 14k and have done for nearly 4 years so really don't care!

sweety_1

sweety_1 wrote: »

any east Londoners on reserve list received provisional offers?I emailed them yesterday to know my position on the list.My score is 32.

just recd an email I am on 119th on the reserve list.It looks like its definitely time to move on.

Radiofree

Finally they changed the status to firm offer and the letter says the pension is 4.7%. It used to be 3.5 for all pay scales. I don't know if I would want to take dwp pension or Private pension?. Lots of risk with dwp pension. Those who got the offers , any thought on it?.
Wish you good luck those waiting for the offers.