Monthly Archives: May 2012

Working for Members of Parliament, we are considered to be employees of “micro businesses”, which employ fewer than ten staff. Following the Beecroft Review, the Government is currently consulting on whether a system of ‘compensated no fault dismissal’ should be introduced for such micro businesses, and what the consequences could be, including the wider impact on both employer and employee confidence. As a union branch, we already see too many … Continue reading →

Sorry but we have had to cancel our social for the evening of Thursday 10 May in the Jubilee Room. House staff who are members of PCS will be on strike for their pensions that day. We ask branch members to respect picket lines and speak to their bosses about working from an alternative location. We will be rearranging the social for another time and will post details up here … Continue reading →