Service Delivery delivers on pledge to fast-track career progression for thousands
Openreach has today (Thursday) reinforced its commitment to helping ALL engineers in Service Delivery upskill to ‘advanced engineering’ level within two years – bringing the tantalising prospect of significant pay hikes for more than 3,000 into sharp and achievable focus.
New direct labour wins in Openreach as ‘Civils’ and ‘poling’ recruitment intensifies
Persistent CWU campaigning for long-outsourced ‘Civils’ and pole erection work to be brought back in-house by Openreach has reaped major new rewards, with the announcement of the creation of at least 1,200 new permanent in-house roles over the next two years.
Temporary change to fit notes
For Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), where employees go off sick on or after 10 December 2021, employers can only ask employees for proof of sickness (such as a fit note) after 28 days of sickness (including non-working days). Proof of sickness cannot be requested earlier than 28 days.
‘Our Hours’ campaign triumph as Openreach finally calls time on PTT
Concerted pressure by the CWU has secured a major win for thousands of members across Openreach in the form of the company’s announcement that it is abandoning the hated requirement for them to give up to 60 minutes of their time for nothing at each end of the working day.
No ‘cliff edge’ for Openreach jobs as fibre build nears completion, says CEO
Unprecedented recruitment in recent years associated with Openreach’s turbo-charged rollout of high speed broadband won’t turn into an equally unprecedented redundancy nightmare as fibre build nears competition in the latter part of the decade, the company’s CEO has pledged.
Sad truth out on Shrewsbury at last as BT Meetings moves to cease roles and offshore the remainder
Just over 70 BT Global team members in Shrewsbury have been left reeling by the pre-Christmas bombshell that their work is either time-expired or earmarked for exportation to Hungary – with the first 31 jobs to go on February 28.
Face Mask Wearing Research
Research Report Concludes That Face Mask Wearing ‘Cuts The Risk of Catching Covid-19 By Up To 225 Times and is more Effective Than Social Distancing’ In a recently published research report German and US researchers found that wearing a face mask can lower the risk of catching Covid-19 by up to 225 times, compared to […]
Service Delivery ‘career pathways’ breakthrough set to benefit thousands
Agreement has just been reached with Openreach Service Delivery (SD) on improved promotion opportunities for TMNE2 engineers that should see more than 3,000 receive significant pay uplifts over the next two years.
Enhanced ‘career pathways’ in FND deliver new boost to promotion opportunities
Members across Openreach Fibre Network Delivery (FND) are set to benefit from new enhancements to previously transformed promotion opportunities for TMNE2 engineers that have already seen several hundred achieve a £3,000-plus pay rises since 2019.
Good news for BT Centre security staff amid wider HQ move upheavals
Representations on behalf of ISS security guards, who had wrongly been told they would have to reapply for their current jobs to secure employment at BT’s new London HQ when BT Centre closes in December, has resulted in swift clarification by their employer.