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A few thoughts on the New Core postponement
Staff at the University of Birmingham were informed this morning that the ‘New Core’ system will no longer be going live for 4th February 2019 . In an email sent out from the Vice Chancellor’s mailbox, it was confirmed that the system launch has been postponed until June 2019 . While the email sent out…
How safe are the plans for September?
Update 07.09.21 – Additional point added on areas where face coverings are required As September begins we find ourselves in a broadly similar situation to last year – coming out of a summer where restrictions have been minimal into a new academic year, in which the key driver seems to be to keep things as…
We are concerned about the risks that Trans staff will be facing with the rolling out of New Core in June
The problems with New Core are numerous and have been spoken about by the Union previously. There is also one issue that while not affecting all staff, will massively negatively impact those it does. The new HR & Payroll system is going to use and display staff member’s legal names (rather than preferred names,…
Pay and Working Conditions Demands to be submitted to the University Management as part of negotiations
Update on the pay claim 2018/2019 – demands to be submitted to the university management as part of negotiations After the final pay negotiations meeting, we wrote an update on the university’s offer and its refusal to address most of our pay claim points. The article can be found here. Below is a set of demands…
BBC WM Reports: October Payday leaves staff and students in uncertainty over pay, with some not being paid at all [New Core]
Today is the October payday at the University of Birmingham – yet another unpredictable one. Once again, staff and student workers have not been paid correctly or at all. The problems with payments (and New Core) are escalating. UoB introduced NC in June and since then, Hundreds of student workers have not been paid at all,…
What you can do to help spread the word about pay, working conditions, the Dubai campus
We need to bring attention to our campaigns from outside the campus, and as such as many of us as possible need to spread the word about the campaigns on: · Concerns regarding the Dubai campus (listed in this letter) · Pay and Living Wage Accreditation · Working conditions (here is the report…
