Click on a heading in the index on the right of the page to see the resources associated with that item, below.
[To list all resources, click here (this doesn't include the headings, and some items will be duplicated as they apply to more than one issue).]
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To find a Rep in the UK, click here.
To find a Rep in Manchester, check here.
Our Manchester Reps also have different roles - see here for details. Their responsibilities fall under three main headings
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- Recruiting
- building the strength of the union by recruiting new members
- Organising
- building an effective union organisation, keeping members informed and encouraging their involvement in union activities
- Representing
- helping individual members with grievances and
disciplinary issues, representing them in dealings with management, and
negotiating with management on behalf of groups of members
The Manchester Reps meet as a committee at frequent intervals, so tell your Rep if you'd like any matter raising for discussion.
As well as Reps, we have a network of Health and Safety Reps at Central Park. Like Reps, they have specific legal rights but their role is focused around H&S issues. Some Reps do both jobs.
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The Amicus Fujitsu West Gorton group has arranged a facility for members
to order books by mail order at a discount.
Bookmarks, the official bookseller to the TUC, has agreed to give
a discount of 10%, or free postage, on book orders through the
union group. Any savings on the cover price (dependent on the
size of the order and cost of postage), will be split between the
member making the order and the group fund. Unlike Amazon etc,
you'll never end up paying more than the cover price.
Bookmarks specialise in Labour movement, history, politics and
economics books, but also stock lots of fiction and children's
books. They can, however, order any book for us.
To take advantage of this offer, contact Branch member
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Reviews of a few of the books that Bookmarks sell are available on this site.
Bookmarks' website is at http://www.bookmarks.uk.com.
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Rep Phil Tepper maintains a group library on the MAN34 site, containing a lot of useful information about employment rights, bargaining information etc. This
mainly comes from Amicus, the TUC, and the Labour Research Department.
Index available here.
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The LRD produces a wealth of information for trade unionists. Our Amicus branch (Amicus 9827 Greater Manchester IT Branch) has affiliated to the LRD, so members
can access their on-line publications database over the Internet. Contact Phil Tepper or Ian Allinson for the username and password.
LRD also produce a weekly "Fact Service" bulletin which we distribute electronically to interested members. If you want to see if it interests you, contact
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We have a noticeboard downstairs in the main building, between phases 2 and 3, near the cash machine and butty-bar. We put up many of our
notices, and other relevant information from time to time.
The noticeboard is maintained by Hilary Robinson.
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We're in the Amicus 9827 Greater Manchester IT Branch of Amicus, which meets upstairs in the Hare & Hounds pub, Shude Hill, Manchester City Centre at
5:30pm on the first Thursday of every month. Very occasionally the meeting date is changed, so please check our Events page or our
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than wasting a trip!
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Of course, like all union members, we can call on the support and advice of our union's full time officers, legal advice and research facilities.
Amicus also organises a lot of educational events.
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- Bookmarks
- 1 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3QE. Phone 020 7637 1848.
the
official booksellers to the TUC.
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- HMSO
- Her Majesty's Stationary Office
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- Amicus Fujitsu Manchester Group library
- Rep Phil Tepper maintains a group library on
the MAN34 site, containing a lot of useful information about
employment rights, bargaining information etc.
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- ACAS Bullying guides
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- Bully OnLine
- Website of the UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line
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- Consent Form (to obtain a medical report)
- Before approaching an individual's Doctor or Dentist or consultant, Fujitsu MUST obtain the individual's consent. You have the right to refuse to consent.
The consent form and process is available on CafeVik in the HR and OHS communities (follow the link above).
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- Employee Assistance Programme
- Confidential advice and support.
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- Fujitsu's Employment Policies
- In the Human Resources Cafevik community. Includes the Harassment policy, as well as many more.
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- The Workplace - About Bullying, Emotional Abuse, Mobbing, Harassment and Work Trauma
- Useful website, lots of information about workplace bullying.
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- workSMART
- the TUC's working life website
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Other related links:
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- Labourstart
- Hosts all sorts of information for UK trade unionists, and around the world.
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- Press release
- The Health & Safety Commission has announced proposed regulations on worker consultation. This includes giving workers in workplaces without union recognition the right to decide for themselves whether to be consulted directly or through an elected representative. At present many employers (including Fujitsu) opt to consult directly, but in practice don't consult at all.
The draft regulations should be ready for consultation in the spring, with the final regulations issued in about a year's time.
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- Partnership at work
- This site is provided by the IPA, a not-for-profit organisation that encourages employee involvement, participation and partnership between management and employees.
It seeks to be a definitive source of information on building, maintaining and enhancing partnership at work, and the processes and structures that support it. The site also aims to be a comprehensive source of information on employee relations policies and practices.
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- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
- (ACAS), Brandon House, 180 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LW. Phone 020 7210 3911.
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- ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures (pdf file)
- Other ACAS publications are available at http://www.ecacas.co.uk/.
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- British Employment Law
- Website for employers, employees, lawyers, HR
professionals and all those who need information on British employment
law
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- Department of Trade and Industry
- Their website contains guidance about UK employment legislation.
http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/inform.htm gives you access to all DTI publications.
Some useful documents:
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- Employment Appeal Tribunal
- The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) was
created by the Employment Protection Act 1975. It is a Superior Court
of Record dealing with appeals from the decisions of the Employment
Tribunals and Certification Officer.
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- Employment Relations Bill 27th January 1999
- Contains information about the right to be represented by a Union Rep at a disciplinary, and lots of other useful stuff, including clauses on:
- Collective bargaining: recognition.
- Detriment related to trade union membership.
- Blacklists.
- Notice relating to industrial action.
- Ballots for industrial action: period of effectiveness.
- Training.
- Unfair dismissal connected with recognition: interim relief.
Leave for family and domestic reasons:
- Maternity and parental leave.
- Time off for domestic incidents.
- Consequential amendments.
Disciplinary and grievance hearings:
- Right to be accompanied.
- Complaint to employment tribunal.
- Detriment and dismissal.
- Interpretation.
Other rights of individuals:
- Unfair dismissal of striking workers.
- Collective agreements: detriment and dismissal.
- Agreement to exclude dismissal rights.
- Part-time work: discrimination.
- Part-time work: code of practice.
- Code of practice: supplemental.
- Power to confer rights on individuals.
etc.
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- Employment Tribunals Service
- Barlow House, Minshull Street, Manchester. M1
3DZ.
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- HRMGuide UK Employment Law Updates
- On the Human Resources Management website.
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- workSMART
- the TUC's working life website
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- Communications and Information Industries Directorate
- CII works with industry and the science base
to improve the global competitiveness of the UK's communications,
information and electronics businesses, thereby enhancing the
competitiveness of the UK economy and improving the quality of life in
the UK.
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- Data Protection
- About the use and abuse of information.
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- Data protection search form
- This form enables you to search the Data Protection Register.
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- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
2000 (RIPA) updates the law on the interception of communications to
take account of technological change such as the growth of the
Internet.
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- Age Discrimination
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- Commision for Racial Equality (CRE)
- Elliot House, 10-12 Allington Street, London,
SW1E 5EH. Phone 020 7828 7022.
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- Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
- DRC Helpline, 8am - 8pm Monday - Friday
tel: 08457 622 633, fax: 08457 622 611, textphone: 08457 622 644
address:
DRC Helpline
Freepost
MID 02164
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 9BR
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- Employment Relations Bill 27th January 1999
- Contains information about the right to be represented by a Union Rep at a disciplinary, and lots of other useful stuff, including clauses on:
- Collective bargaining: recognition.
- Detriment related to trade union membership.
- Blacklists.
- Notice relating to industrial action.
- Ballots for industrial action: period of effectiveness.
- Training.
- Unfair dismissal connected with recognition: interim relief.
Leave for family and domestic reasons:
- Maternity and parental leave.
- Time off for domestic incidents.
- Consequential amendments.
Disciplinary and grievance hearings:
- Right to be accompanied.
- Complaint to employment tribunal.
- Detriment and dismissal.
- Interpretation.
Other rights of individuals:
- Unfair dismissal of striking workers.
- Collective agreements: detriment and dismissal.
- Agreement to exclude dismissal rights.
- Part-time work: discrimination.
- Part-time work: code of practice.
- Code of practice: supplemental.
- Power to confer rights on individuals.
etc.
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- Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)
- Overseas House, Quay Street, Manchester, M3
3HN. Phone 0161 9244.
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- Equal Opportunities Commission - Law
- Website for legal advisors and reps on sex discrimination and pay.
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- Hull College Trade Union Studies Centre website
- Their links page includes equal opportunities
sites.
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- Fujitsu's Employment Policies
- In the Human Resources Cafevik community. Includes the Conduct, Harassment and Speak Up policies, as well as many more.
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- Lesbian and Gay in Amicus helpline
- 0345 413092
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- workSMART
- the TUC's working life website
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- Changes to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) from 1 October 2004
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- Department of Social Security (DSS)
- Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1a 2NS. Phone 020 7210 3000.
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- Department of Trade and Industry
- Their website contains guidance about UK employment legislation.
http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/inform.htm gives you access to all DTI publications.
Some useful documents:
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- Hull College Trade Union Studies Centre website
- Their links page includes some government
sites.
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- British Standards Institution
- BSI is the world leader in standards and quality management services, and owns the most famous of all product quality marks - the Kitemark.
They also provide world-class expertise in product testing, CE marking, global trade inspection, environmental management, information security, and provision of technical advice to exporters.
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- Greater Manchester Hazards Centre Ltd (GMHC)
- 23 New Mount Street, Manchester M4 4DE
Tel: 0161 953 4037
Fax: 0161 953 4001
Email: gmhazards@hotmail.com
Co-ordinator: Ms H Palmer
Status: Company limited by guarantee
Principal functions and activities: Free service. Provision of information and advice on all aspects of health and safety at work to individual workers, trade union safety reps and members, community groups, voluntary sector organisations and regional trade unions. Response to government policy documents on health and safety, training and support to voluntary sector organisations and facilitation of three support groups - Manchester Area RSI Support Group and Action Group (MARSAG); Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group (GMVSG) and Bereaved by Work(BbW). Organises activities to mark Workers' Memorial Day on 28th April and provides purple forget me knot ribbons at £20.00 per hundred. In partnership with the North West TUC, GMHC manages the NW TUC Safety Reps network.
Major publications: Hazardous Times three times a
year, plus fact sheets, fact packs and occasional other publications.
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- Call Centre H&S Guidelines
- from the HSE
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- CCA
- the professional body for Call and Contact Centres in the UK.
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- CWU Health and Safety and Working Practices in Call Centres
- from the The CWU.
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- workSMART
- the TUC's working life website
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- Hazards and Workers' Health International Newsletter
- Hazards is the only health and safety
magazine to win a major international award for its "outstanding
achievement in the field of occupational health and safety."
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- Health and Safety Commission and Executive (HSC & HSE)
- Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London, SE1 9HS. Phone 020 7717 6000.
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- Hull College Trade Union Studies Centre website
- Their links page includes health & safety
sites.
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- Fujitsu Free Eye-Test Information
- All display screen users who are Fujitsu
employees have the right to have eye tests, carried out by an
optician.
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- London Hazards Centre
- Is a resource centre for Londoners fighting
health and safety hazards in their workplace and community. The site
is for union and community organisers anywhere who need health and
safety information.
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- Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No 3242)
- New H&S regulation.
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- MOHSE website (Management of Occupational
Health Safety and Environment)
- This looks at H&S issues from the
viewpoint of employers and so has a different perspective from the TUC
bulletins we get.
Here is a (Word) document containing articles which might be of interest, including:
- Rehabilitaion of workers after serious illness
- H&S Commissions discussion document on work related travel
- How to minimise the impact of winter on sick leave
- The work of local authority H&S enforcing officers
- Safe working on VDUs
- Bullying at work - why employers should take it seriously
The magazines which these arcticles are taken from are available from our Group
library.
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The National Stress network
They intend to help raise the profile of work-related stress, its causes and how we can move towards eliminating it. Their objective is to work with trade unions, employers, professional organisations, politicians and individuals who share their aims.
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- Occupational Health & Safety
- Cafevik community.
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- TUC Health & Safety "One Stop Shop"
- Includes the excellent "TUC Hazards at work" manual.
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- TUC work-life balance site
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Magazine.
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- Road Safety
- - the Health & Safety Executive website on road safety
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- Vermont Safety Information Resources, Inc.
- Lots of H&S resources, including the
"NIOSH" database of chemical hazards.
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- BackCare
- The charity for healthier backs.
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- Disability Now
- The UK's leading disability site, giving essential information: news and feature articles, advice, adverts, links, an archive and a chat forum.
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- Stress UK
- Also includes a section on bullying.
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- Consent Form (to obtain a medical report)
- Before approaching an individual's Doctor or Dentist or consultant, Fujitsu MUST obtain the individual's consent. You have the right to refuse to consent.
The consent form and process is available on CafeVik in the HR and OHS communities (follow the link above).
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- Employee Assistance Programme
- Confidential advice and support.
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- European Consultative Forum
- Cafevik community.
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- UK Consultative Forum
- Cafevik community.
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- Employment Policies
- In the Human Resources Cafevik community. Includes the Conduct, Harassment and Speak Up policies, as well as many more.
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- HRDirect
- Fujitsu only. Your Helpline for all HR Advice and Information, plus non-technical Training Course Bookings
Tel: 7234 5037 (01438 345037)
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- Human Resources
- Cafevik community.
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- Fujitsu Free Eye-Test Information
- All display screen users who are Fujitsu
employees have the right to have eye tests, carried out by an
optician.
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- Occupational Health & Safety
- Cafevik community.
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- Amicus Centre
- 35 King Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 8JG.
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- Amicus website
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- Amicus Branch Standing Orders
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The online tool for Union Reps.
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- Cyber Picket Line
- "The most comprehensive directory of labour
on the Web. Period." (Eric Lee, author of The Labour Movement and the
Internet: the New Internationalism)
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- The Union Makes Us Strong: TUC History Online
- A guide to trade union history in photos and key documents
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- FNV Bondgenoten
- The largest trade union in the Netherlands - some useful information.
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- Hull College Trade Union Studies Centre website
- Their links page includes trade union and
labour resource sites
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- Labourstart
- Hosts all sorts of information for UK trade unionists, and around the world.
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- SocioSite
- Sociological information system based at the
University of Amsterdam. This is the Industrial Relations and Trade
Unions section - lots of links.
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- Regional Amicus websites
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- Other Region's Amicus-MSF websites
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- workSMART
- the TUC's working life website
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- www.helpline4u.co.uk
- - website set up by a member - includes information and discussion forums
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- Diagram explaining the stages in the compulsory redundancy process
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- redundancy Q&A
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- redundancy calculator
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- UK Consultative Forum (UKCF) Cafevik community
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- HRDirect Cafevik community
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- Links to some job search web sites
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- the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service
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- SELFservice Cafevik community
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- ACAS Redundancy Handling document
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- how to join amicus
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- Security of Employment Agreement (SEA)
- - this applies to many but not all Fujitsu employees.
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- Centre for Economic Performance
- Based at the London School of Economics and Political Science, it is one of the leading academic research centres in Europe and a world leader in economic research.
It produces useful discussion papers.
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- Political Studies Association Labour Movement Group
- "It hopes to link colleagues whose work draws
on such approaches as empirical political science, political
sociology, political economy, political theory, modern and
contemporary history, and the study of industrial relations. And it
hopes to attract the participation of colleagues researching the
ideas, polices and organisations of both the British and foreign and
international labour movements (parties, trade unions and related
campaign groups), and colleagues conducting comparative research."
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- ITPA information
- Rights if your employment is transferred to another employer (TUPE)
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- Letter
- clarifying that stock exchange
rules are subordinate to statutory requirements for employee consultation in
transfers of undertakings.
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- TUPE
- - from the cafevik UKCF community
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- Thompsons
- Are the solicitors used by Amicus and many other
big unions. Their web site includes a library of legal advice and
information.
Leaflets, etc. on many issues are available here.
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- Fax your MP
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- Find your MP's local and Westminster phone numbers.
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- new or updated
- external site