Motion
- Motion title
- Impact of age regulation legislation on enhanced redundancy schemes
- Session
- 2006-2007
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 31 May 2007
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- HE18
- Motion text
Without notifying College unions, UCL introduced changes in enhanced redundancy pay (ERP) last October. ERP for older, longer serving employees was scrapped and some members faced losses of £30,000+ compared to pre- Oct 1st 2006. The College claimed that the Age Regulations forbade any ERP scheme making improved payments based on long service.
UCU notes that such changes could make redundancy up to 75% cheaper and pressurise longer serving senior staff to take 'voluntary' severance in the current round of job cuts. Prompt action by UCL unions has forced UCL to reconsider.
UCU believes that these cuts may be a prelude to increased redundancies and that UCL's moves may be copied elsewhere. Conference calls upon the NEC to: (i) develop a national, centralised campaign against cuts and adverse changes in redundancy pay; and (ii) ensure that necessary logistical and legal assistance is available to branches facing this threat.
- Proposing body
- University College London (UCL)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2007/H/05-31/075/HE18