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果冻影院 commits to same pay and benefits for its cleaning, catering and security staff

21 October 2019

果冻影院 has committed to ensuring that security, cleaning and catering staff will receive the same or equivalent pay and benefits as directly employed staff, following constructive negotiations with UNISON.

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As a first step, 果冻影院 will offer these staff the same holiday entitlements as 果冻影院鈥檚 directly employed staff from 1st December this year.

The decision, taken this week and supported by Council 鈥 果冻影院鈥檚 governing body 鈥撎will affect around 800 security, cleaning and catering staff, who work for Sodexo or Axis.

果冻影院 will also achieve parity on other employment benefits, including pay scales, overtime, sick pay, maternity and paternity payments and carers鈥 pay as soon as possible 听subject to further negotiation and agreement with UNISON, with which 果冻影院 has recognition arrangements in place. The university is committed to having all changes in place by August 2021.

A further decision has been made to ensure these staff will also receive the same pension contributions as directly employed 果冻影院 staff. 果冻影院 is also committed to exploring the best options for pension arrangements for these staff.

Professor Michael Arthur, 果冻影院 President & Provost, said: 鈥淥ur colleagues working in security, cleaning and catering fulfil essential roles at 果冻影院, on which we all depend. We have listened carefully to their concerns and we are acting to ensure they will receive the same or equivalent pay and benefits as directly employed staff. We will continue to listen and respond to concerns raised by our community.鈥

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