Employment relations briefings

This briefing aims to offer advice to members who are considering applying for, or are being recruited to, a ‘non-traditional’ role.

Generic working is the reorganisation of work so that a range of tasks previously carried out as part of several jobs are instead carried out in one job role, and can be used by employers to cut costs and reduce staff numbers or it can...

Occupational therapy staff facilitating people to return home is a very important part of the rehab process, however the arrangements and policies around transporting clients and equipment varies greatly between organisations.

Agenda for Change covers all staff working in the NHS except Doctors and Dentists, who are covered by a separate agreement and Trust board Directors. Agenda for Change involves three strands of work:

  • job evaluation to move...

Agenda for Change is the new pay package for all staff working in the NHS (except Doctors and Dentists who are covered by a separate agreement and Board Directors).

A social enterprise is defined by the government’s Office of the Third Sector as “a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose”. This definition is very broad and...

Many Occupational Therapy departments are currently subject to proposals to restructure. Where services are no longer meeting the needs of patients, UNISON is supportive of considered re-structuring based on broad consultation with service...

This guidance aims to assist OT stewards and branches with negotiating over proposals to move toward generic working.

This briefing aims to offer advice to members who are considering applying for, or are being recruited to, a ‘non-traditional’ role.