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Topic听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Election of USS Superannuation Working Group negotiators 鈥� call for nominations
Action听听听听听听听听听听听 Raise with HE sector conference delegates; nominations to be received by 17:00 on Friday 21 May 2021
Summary 听听听听 USS Superannuation Working Group negotiators 鈥� three delegates plus two reserves - will be
elected by the interim on-line HE sector conference. Nominations are now called
for.听听听听听
Contact听听听听听听听听听 Paul Bridge, Head of Higher
Education, pbridge@ucu.org.uk
Dear Colleague
Call for nominations: USS SWG
negotiators
Motion HE8, as amended, passed at
Higher Education Sector Conference 2015 resolved the following: USS negotiators
shall be elected annually at annual HESC. These
elections will take place amongst HE delegates from USS branches to the on-line
Congress and sector conferences taking place 29 and 31 May, 2 June 2021 (sector
conferences).
The USS negotiating team shall be the
following:
Candidates for election in category (3) must be in active membership of USS and not already in receipt of a full USS pension.
The Higher Education Committee (HEC) considered the resolution and has agreed how it will be implemented. The election formula agreed by HESC is unaffected by the changes, however the nomination process, which is not agreed by HESC, will change.
The formula can be found at Appendix 1.
This circular opens nominations for election of 5 negotiators to the USS SWG.
There will be one election pool. All five positions will be elected at the same time via the application of the HESC national negotiators formula. The first three candidates elected will be the USS SWG negotiators. The next two candidates elected will be the reserves.
All delegates to HESC who meet the eligibility criteria can be nominated 鈥� including members of the Higher Education section of the National Executive Committee other than the officers.
All candidates must be active members of
USS, not in receipt of a full pension and at the time of submission of nomination must be in qualifying employment
under rule 3.1.1 or have been in qualifying employment within the
preceding 6 months, unless a pattern of casualised work in the post-16
education sector can be proven within the preceding 24 months.听
Candidates must provide, as part of their nomination, evidence of their
qualifying employment, normally in the form of a copy of a payslip for work
carried out within the preceding 6 months, or, in the case of a member
who is self-employed, evidence of payment for work carried out within the
preceding 6 months, or of a pattern of casualised work in the post-16 education
sector within the preceding 24 months, to be received by the deadline for
nomination.听 Any dispute in regards to a
candidate鈥檚 eligibility will be referred for decision to the chair of HEC who
shall be advised by the National Head of Democratic Services.
NOMINATIONS OPEN: 16 April 2021
NOMINATIONS CLOSE: 17:00, Friday 21 May 2021
The process is by self-nomination. If your delegate wishes to stand for one of the five positions to be elected, they should complete the form attached at Appendix 2 and email the completed form to pbridge@ucu.org.uk together with proof of employment by 17:00 on Friday 21 May 2021.
An electronic
ballot will be held after the on-line Congress and sector conference meetings
on 29 and 31 May, 2 June (sector conferences). The electorate will be voting
delegates from USS institutions who registered for and joined the on-line HE
sector conference.
Those members
elected will serve until the completion of the next elections at the annual
Congress meeting in 2022.
Yours sincerely
Dr Jo Grady
General Secretary
Appendix 1
FORMULA FOR THE
ELECTION OF NEGOTIATORS
A.听听听听听听 The total number of representatives shall be eight.
B.听听听听听听 All non-ex officio elected negotiators must be in current employment in the HE sector when elected.
C.听听听听听听 Four negotiators shall be ex officio; namely:
1.听听听听听听 Chair of HEC
2.听听听听听听 Vice-chair (pre-92) of HEC
3.听听听听听听 Vice-chair (post-92) of HEC
4.听听听听听听 Secretary of HEC/National Head of HE
D.听听听听听 Four negotiators shall be elected by a meeting of HESC
E.听听听听听听 Elections to 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall be subject to the following provisos at the time of election: that of the seven lay members
(a)听听听听听 at least two are from the pre-92 sector and at least two are from the post-92 sector;
(b)听听听听 at least two are women and at least two are men.
F.听听听听听听 Should circumstances arise in which a reserve is required to fill a temporarily vacant place, the Chair and Vice-Chairs of HEC collectively are authorized to determine a suitable replacement for that purpose only.
G.听听听听听 The first set of elections will be held in conjunction with the conference which approves these rules. Subject to (B), all delegates to the relevant HE Sector conference shall be eligible for nomination, and all members of the current HEC. Nominations will be by self-nomination from those who are official voting delegates to the relevant sector conference.
H.听听听听听 After the first election, subsequent elections of negotiators will be held at the sector conference during congress. Subject to (B), all delegates to congress within the HE Sector conference shall be eligible for nomination, and all members of the HEC which takes office immediately after congress.
I.听听听听听听 The formula will remain in force unless and until modified by a motion to HESC passed by a simple majority.
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Appendix 2
FORM FOR
THE NOMINATION OF USS Superannuation Working Group Negotiators
Please complete this form and email it along with proof of
employment to Paul Bridge pbridge@ucu.org.uk by 17:00 on Friday 21 May 2021.
NOTE: to be
eligible for nomination, a member must be a HE delegate to the sector
conferences on 2 June 2021, from a USS branch.
Name:
Gender:
Branch/LA:
Employment status (please
indicate whether full-time, part-time, hourly-paid etc):
USS pension confirmation (pay
slip or pension statement)
Place(s) of employment
Experience of negotiation (a
statement of no more than 150 words)