Parking…..you couldn’t make it up!

Parking…..you couldn’t make it up!

It has been a roller coaster of a week for our members working in parking specifically those working in the back office.

On Tuesday, I attended TUPE consultation with NSL and RR Donnelly (a sub contractor). At the meeting UNISON was informed that on 1 May (date of transfer) back office staff would be requested to attend a meeting at Solar House in Finchley (new site for the enforcement team). The staff would be given ‘at risk of redundancy’ letters and consultation would begin. However NSL announced that consultation would be for two weeks instead of 30 days. This was a significant change from what UNISON and our members had obviously been told. I made the point that two weeks pay was a significant loss especially for staff facing redundancy especially in the current economic climate. Both NSL and the Council were insistent that it was two weeks.

On the same day two hours later a member of staff produced an email which has previously sent out to all staff which stated

 “One of the questions clarifies that you will now be paid for the whole of May at the end of May as you are salaried rather than hourly paid staff.”

I attended a meeting later that day with members where it was confirmed that staff would now be paid for the month of May as previously agreed.