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How
and when will I
find out what changes are
happening?
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The
DBS website (available from within the Council Network) is updated regularly with the progress of the programme,
supplemented by newsletters and the staff magazine.
In addition to this, senior staff members have been asked to
provide staff with regular briefings on programme developments.
Continuing
consultation is taking place with trade union representatives and ICE
representatives are being kept fully informed.
As
soon as all the relevant information is available as to the nature of the
changes impacting upon staff, you will be consulted.
This will be done on either a group basis or individual basis
depending on the nature of the change affecting you and will be done by
your line manager supported by Personnel Services.
You
can discuss any concerns you have about these changes with you line
manager, your personnel advisor and if you are a trade union member, with
your TU representative.
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How
will I be kept informed of the changes that are planned and consulted
about these?
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All
developments of the programme are communicated to staff regularly, and are
on the DBS website (available from within the Council Network). Consultation is also taking place with trade union
representatives and ICE representatives are being kept fully informed.
Briefings are issued when there is a significant message affecting your
service area and are communicated through the normal channels within your
department/section through your line manager. You will be consulted on
either a group basis or individual basis depending on the nature of the
change affecting you by your line manager supported by Personnel Services.
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How
will I be consulted about changes to my job/workplace?
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Consultation
is taking place currently with trade union representatives and ICE
representatives are being kept fully informed. There will be extensive
consultations about any proposed changes. These will be in line with
current personnel policies and procedures. This will involve group
briefings/meetings and may involve individual meetings depending on the
nature of the change affecting you.
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If
I'm not happy with these changes can I do?
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Discuss
them with your line manager and personnel advisor and if you are a member
of a trade union, your trade union representative, or alternatively your
ICE representative.
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When
are you going to tell us how, when and if my job will be affected?
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As
soon as possible when the relevant information is available as to the
nature of the changes impacting upon staff.
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Why
does so little information filter down to the sharp end?
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Difficult
to say. Some senior staff who are briefed
are better at communicating than others, some do not get the opportunity
to brief staff properly. However, the council has been very proactive at
putting out information in many forms – newsletters, staff magazine,
intranet, etc, and has made it as easy as possible for all staff to access
this information.
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