UCU reps and senior HR managers are still having to deal with localised re-emergences of a wrong interpretation of the policy for carrying up to a week’s annual leave into the following year. This is a hang-over from a dubious … Read more
Email to members Friday 30 July 2021 This is your final email from me as Leeds UCU President. Chloe Wallace will be your brilliant new President from 1st August! I wanted to update you on a number of things. Health … Read more
Text of email sent to branch members by branch secretary Tim Goodall on 21 August 2020 Management at the University of Leeds continue to be unnecessarily harsh about annual leave – saying that the normal carry forward arrangements can only … Read more
We’ve had several members contact us with concerns about messages they have received from managers related to annual leave. UCU raised these matters most strongly with HR and a clarification has now been issued to managers, but we’re still receiving … Read more
In the event of difference between the web version and the minutes agreed at the branch general meeting 14 May, the latter is the correct version. (Formatting is the most likely difference.) General meeting Tuesday 28 April 2020, 1pm – … Read more
UCU reps asked for staff to be allowed to carry over more than the usual 5 days of annual leave into the next annual leave year if they would find it difficult to use their annual leave during the lockdown, … Read more