{"id":713,"date":"2023-02-22T12:08:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T12:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/?p=713"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:06:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:06:44","slug":"update-on-local-job-security-at-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/2023\/02\/22\/update-on-local-job-security-at-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on LOCAL job security at Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The university has just opened a new round of voluntary redundancy but remember this is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> backed up with a current threat of compulsory redundancies (1).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You won a deal of \u2018no compulsory redundancies as a result of the A&amp;H review\u2019 by voting to ballot for local industrial action if required.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deal also sets a positive precedent for the employer to avoid compulsory redundancies in other areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What you need to do now<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1G5aOf71kQAUceUggoOMFafvBxpmKnHsi63G7mo202Kg\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read this guidance for members<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as you may be approached about voluntary redundancy and\/ or redeployment. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note that the redeployment policy currently only applies to members in A&amp;H (2). Do not be pressured to take voluntary redundancy or redeployment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you receive any information about possible compulsory redundancies in your work area email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:krichardson-dawes@ucu.org.uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">krichardson-dawes@ucu.org.uk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and your elected Kent committee will act decisively.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engage in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">all Kent UCU activity<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &amp; stay in touch even if you are unable to participate. This allows your colleagues to strategise based on up to date member engagement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cVR\u201d or \u201cVS\u201d. See\u00a0 8.2.23 email from Martin Atkinson<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The redeployment policy will be published in full by the employer imminently. Members voted overwhelmingly for the creation of such a policy as another way to prevent compulsory redundancies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The university has just opened a new round of voluntary redundancy but remember this is not backed up with a current threat of compulsory redundancies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/2023\/02\/22\/update-on-local-job-security-at-kent\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78849,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ucuuok\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}