A series of events promoting Dignity at Work have been held at sites across the AXA UK operation this week, notably at Basingstoke, Bolton, Ipswich (pictured below) and Morecambe.
We’d like to thank the efforts of all the workplace reps involved and the staff who took the opportunity to discuss bullying at work issues with them.
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
For more information click here.
This week Unite in AXA are promoting the Dignity at Work initiative, a project jointly funded by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Unite the Union to tackle workplace bullying.
AXA is one of a number of companies that has signed up to the initiative and we are taking the opportunity to remind employees of the project and the main issues around bullying in the workplace.
When considering the issue of workplace bullying it is not only important that we all not only look to stop bullying and support victims, but also consider our own behaviours. Â It is all to easy in a stressful workplace environment with challenging targets to be met to take our eye off the ball and behave in an inappropriate manner. With this in mind we have produced a newsletter with suggestions on how we can turn bullying behaviour into best workplace practice and make AXA a better place to work in.
Click here to read the newsletter.
Click here to read the latest Unite in AXA newsletter on today’s announcement in AXA Wealth. Please leave your feedback below or talk to your local union rep.
On an 81.32% return of ballot papers issued, the result of the AXA UK 2011 pay ballot is:
For: 84.12%
Against: 15.54%
Spoilt: 0.34%
The company has been advised of the result.
Thanks to everyone who voted and the local union reps for the hard work put in running the ballots in their offices.
Unite is participating in the ‘March For The Alternative’ national demonstration against Government spending cuts on Saturday 26th March in London. If you are interested in attending and would like to find out more please click here. Transport for Unite members and their families is available for all regions, details of which can be found at the link above.
The AXA European Works Council secretariat has called on AXA management for the inclusion of social consequences in any future negotiations over the sale of any parts of the business to another party.
In the February bureau meeting today with Group HR, a review of the Friends Provident sale led to this call when the level of compensation to members of AXA‘s Defined Benefit pension scheme was discussed.
Management agreed that it was important that social partners (such as the European Works Council and unions) were involved as early as possible but this can depend on the third party agreeing to this.
Following further representations, and the intervention of group president Henri de Castries, AXA Group Head Office in Paris have now agreed that any employee made redundant in 2011, who had been given an AXA Miles passport back in 2004, will now receive the reward.
Both Unite and AXA UK are  pleased with this change of stance by Group Head Office and the practicalities of how to administer this change to the rules is now being worked out.
The 2011 AXA UK pay ballot is now underway and we urge all Unite in AXA members in the bargaining unit to exercise their right to vote.
If you are a member on a site which has not elected a local representative you will need to contact a rep at a nearby site to obtain a voting slip. A list of reps can be found here.
The ballot closes 2pm on Friday 18th February.
