Unite has met with Fujitsu, as a result of which an agreement has been reached which eases the deadlines facing members of the end of pensions consultation on 14th November and redundancy dismissals on 11th December and the deadline on the company of industrial action starting tomorrow.
The planned industrial action is therefore not taking place.
The joint statement reads:
FUJITSU AND UNITE JOINT STATEMENT 10th NOVEMBER 2009
Constructive talks took place today, as a result of which a number of steps were agreed:
The company has agreed with Unite to extend the timescale within which Unite could call industrial action under the recent ballot in accordance with the Agreement attached.
Unite will withdraw the notice of industrial action that has been issued to commence on Thursday 12 November 2009 and therefore the industrial action planned to commence on 12 November 2009.
Fujitsu will not take any action against employees who do not find out in time that the notice of action has been withdrawn.
The company has agreed that consultation will continue with the Pensions Forum until at least 31st January 2010.
In the event of the proposals to make redundancies being implemented, the company has agreed that no employee selected for Compulsory Redundancy who wishes to remain in Fujitsu will have their employment terminated before 31st January 2010. Where redundancies arise, the company intends to give notices of dismissal on 11th December 2009 and use some or all of employees’ notice periods and/or annual leave entitlements to cover the period between 11th December 2009 and 31st January 2010.
Unite and Fujitsu will have further talks with the aim of agreeing a resolution by Christmas 2009 or agreeing a way to continue dialogue.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment