UCU: Workload in FE

Motion

Motion text: FESC notes that:
1. cuts in FE funding have led to significant increases in workload for members
2. these cuts to FE funding will continue
3. the AoC is party to a national agreement on FE working hours signed in November 2009, and
4. UCU has developed resources for campaigning on workload.

FESC believes that increased workloads
1. present a growing risk to the health and safety of members
2. deleteriously distort the work-life balance of members with a particular impact on part-time workers, especially women, who make up the majority of the part-time workforce
3. result in deteriorating quality of educational provision that adversely affects the student experience, and
4. constitute an obstacle to members' rights to participation in union activity

FESC resolves to instruct FEC:
1. to prioritise workload as an urgent campaigning issue in FE
2. to improve training on tackling workload, including a focus on the legal responsibilities of college management under Health and Safety legislation, and
3. to oversee the development of online tools for members to evidence increasing workloads.