FDA to consult members over Civil Service Compensation Scheme deal

The FDA's Executive Committee (EC) is to consult members on its decision - taken at its 3 February meeting - to endorse the agreement between five civil service unions and the Government on revisions to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS).

The five unions - the FDA, Prospect, Prison Officers' Association, GMB and Unite - reached an agreement with the Government on the available compulsory and voluntary redundancy terms for civil servants on 2 February after 17 months of negotiations.

Dave Penman, FDA head of operations, said: "The union will shortly be issuing comprehensive guidance to members on the new arrangements that will apply in the unlikely event that they are made redundant.

"In addition, the union's EC will be consulting members between 1 and 19 March 2010 on its decision to endorse the deal, and we will be holding a number of explanatory meetings for members over the next few weeks.

"While the FDA never sought to change the CSCS, the Government made it clear that it intended to revise the scheme, which was significantly more generous than redundancy schemes elsewhere in the public sector and was discriminatory - on age grounds in particular.

"Had an agreement not been reached with the Government, it would have imposed terms that would have been considerably worse than those negotiated with the five unions."

Further information
Unions reach deal on new civil service redundancy terms 2 February 2010