FDA responds to government imposing Compensation Scheme changes without union agreement

The FDA has today condemned the government's decision to impose new redundancy terms on the civil service without agreement from the unions.

FDA head of operations Dave Penman said: "The decision to impose these new terms reneges on commitments which were given by the Minister Tessa Jowell in September that the government was committed to reaching an agreement. There has been little meaningful dialogue over the last few months despite attempts by the unions to set out new proposals. We believe that these proposals would have satisfied the government's stated aims for reform of the current arrangements and still addressed the concerns we had raised."

For further information, please click on the following link: Civil Service Compensation Scheme briefing - 4 December 2009.

Press release
FDA condemns imposition of new redundancy terms