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IT Appeals Process Agreed
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Date: 13th Oct 2004
Following the introduction of the new pay and grading structure a three-stage appeals process was agreed for those staff who believed that their role should have been graded differently. Altogether 183 members of staff in Group IT and 35 staff in Registrars have submitted appeals against their grade alignment.
Mark Brown, Assistant General Secretary, said that “The number of staff wishing to use the appeals procedure is more than anyone expected and if every appellant exhausted all three stages of the appeals process that would require some 549 meetings to take place and the likelihood is that the whole appeals process could go on well into next year. That is unacceptable for Group IT, the Union and its members.”
In order to reduce the bureaucracy and speed up the appeals decision making process LTU proposed to Group IT that the Union and the Bank should set up a joint Appeals Panel consisting of 2 LTU and 2 Group IT representatives to review all of the appeals which require LTU representation. It will be the responsibility of that Appeals Panel to decide whether appeals are successful or not. Any appellant who disagrees with the decision of the Appeals Panel can make a further appeal in person and with LTU representation.
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