A trade union is considering legal action against the University of Huddersfield, which they say is reneging on a £5,000 pay award for part-time workers taking voluntary redundancy.
Earlier this year, we reported that the university was planning to make almost 200 compulsory redundancies due to ‘huge financial pressures’. This caused an outcry among the unions, staff and students, with an open letter written by a group of second-year students to Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bob Cryan, opposing the university’s “treatment” of staff.
Huddersfield UCU Branch Chairman, Dr Gary Allen, said: “Following extensive negotiations over several weeks, the university tabled an improved redundancy offer of a “flat rate” £5000 in addition to statutory redundancy entitlement. This offer was put to members on June 11 and members voted by a narrow margin to accept. “Several members on part-time contracts checked with HR whether they would receive the full £5000 and were told that they would.
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