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Diligenta has published its pay offer for 2024 following negotiations with Accord and Unite. No agreement has been reached at this stage.
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The Q2 2024 edition of our 'Your Health & Safety matters' newsletter is out - aimed at keeping LBG members up to date with issues impacting their health, safety and wellbeing at work. This issue covers health & safety training, risk assessments, personal safety, car parks and more.
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The Community Bank plans to extend the proof of concept currently underway in some branches by increasing the number of colleagues taking customer calls. Colleagues involved in the expansion will be asked to work from home, with the current 18 branches in the experiment continuing to take calls in branch.
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Conference is the biggest and most important event in our calendar. It sets Accord’s agenda for the next two years. The motions that have been accepted by the Standing Orders Committee for debate at Conference have been published.
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Today, Lloyds Banking Group announced significant changes in its approach to financial and non-financial risk management across its business. Changes have also been announced in Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets.
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Further to our last update on the 4th March, we're letting members know the latest update following talks with TSB. We're disappointed that TSB isn’t prepared to respond more positively to the views of its staff who responded to Accord’s survey.
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We’re sad to report the passing of Accord’s longest-serving President and current trustee, Rodney Grainger, on 12th March, aged 78. Rodney was one of our first workplace reps when the union was established in 1978. We send our condolences to Mark, Zoe and Dan.
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Carol Knowles from the Halifax in Bolton has been elected as the next President of Accord. She will take office on Friday 19th April 2024 and will continue in this role until the close of the union’s biennial conference in 2026.
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The closure of 21 Lloyds, 10 BoS and 22 Halifax branches has been announced today by Lloyds Banking Group. The closures are scheduled to take place between June 2024 and January 2025.
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