Pay
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Why we need Flex for All: Ben’s story
After years of struggling with a rare form of inflammatory arthritis, DExEU’s Ben Willcocks explains how…
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Fast Streamers: Know your rights
Joining the Fast Stream? Read our 101 and make sure your rights are being respected.
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2% pay cap for civil servants is “unforgivable”, says Penman
FDA General Secretary Dave Penman has condemned the civil service pay remit guidance, which limits pay…
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More than 5,600 sign FDA’s fair pay petition
More than 5,600 people have signed the FDA’s petition calling on Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington…
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FDA unlocks bonus pay for Senior Civil Servants
The FDA’s campaigning has sparked major reform of the SCS’s performance management system – meaning many…
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Penman slams Truss’s “dog-whistle” tactics to hide human impact of cap on public sector exit payments
FDA General Secretary Dave Penman has accused Liz Truss, the Chief Secretary of the Treasury, of…
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84% of fast streamers “unhappy with current level of pay”
“It’s clear from these striking results that Fast Stream pay as it stands is no longer…
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FDA wins up to 8% pay increases for CPS members
Union’s new deal also sees Crown Prosecutors’ pay rise by over 10%.
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The FDA wins overtime for Government Legal Department
The union’s campaigning pays off as department agrees to compensate extra hours
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Working Hours Survey reveals the “false economy” of unsustainable workloads
The results for our 2018 Working Hours Survey tell the story of an overworked, under-resourced civil…
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Justice Week 2018: Calls for increased funding to maintain public faith in the justice system
Representatives from the FDA, the Law Society and the Bar Council, have called for increased investment…
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Government’s approach to pay an insult to members
Dave Penman updates members on the result of our application for Judicial Review of the civil…
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Ensure COPFS budget increase isn’t simply ‘a flash in the pan’, FDA urges Scottish Government
““While we welcome the in-year budget increase, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance must ensure this comes…
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FDA members reject Ministry of Justice pay offer
FDA members in the MOJ have voted against a pay deal that could see individuals face…
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Pay 2018: Why we have issued legal proceedings
Together with PCS and Prospect, the FDA has issued legal proceedings against the Minister for the…
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What is the value of brilliance?
FDA Vice President Tony Wallace asks, if the acting Cabinet Secretary thinks all civil servants are…
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Legal action on civil service pay
Alongside PCS and Prospect, the FDA has warned the Minister for the Cabinet Office to withdraw…
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Pay 2018: Joint statement from the FDA, PCS and Prospect
The three unions’ General Secretaries have written to Elizabeth Truss, Chief Secretary for the Treasury, the…
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Pay 2018: A message from the General Secretary
FDA General Secretary Dave Penman updates members on pay for 2018 and the publication on Monday…
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Civil servants won’t settle for being stuck at the back of the queue
With the pay cap finally being lifted, the FDA will be pressing ministers to ensure civil…
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FDA challenges Gove for peddling working hours “myths”
FDA National Officer Steven Littlewood has met with Environment Secretary Michael Gove to discuss reports that…
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“Broken, divisive and demotivating”
The latest FDA survey of members in the senior civil service gives a decisive thumbs-down to…
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Skills, thrills and Brexit headaches: Matt Ross meets Rupert McNeil
When Rupert McNeil left the private sector to lead civil service HR two years ago, he…
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Fight for fair pay continues after Budget let down
The FDA has vowed to continue its drive for a fair and fully-funded pay rise right…