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Topic听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听 To raise with HESC delegates
Summary 听听听听听听 This circular calls for the nomination of USS Superannuation Working Group Negotiators听 听听听听听听听听听
Contact听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. The electorate will be the delegates from USS branches to annual HESC. 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 12 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 12 months, or, in the case of a member who is self-employed, evidence of payment for work carried out within the preceding 12 months to be received by the deadline for nominations.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.
The process is by self-nomination.
NOMINATIONS OPEN: 13 April 2018
NOMINATIONS CLOSE: 23 May 2018
The
process is by self-nomination. If your congress delegate wishes to stand as one
of the 5 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 5:00pm on Wednesday 23 May 2018.
Yours sincerely
Sally Hunt
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.听听听听听听听 The formula will remain in force unless and until modified by a motion to HESC passed by a simple majority.
樱花动漫/866 13 April
2018
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 5:00pm Wednesday 23 May 2018.
NOTE: to be eligible for nomination, a member
must be a delegate to congress 2018 from the HE sector.
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)