Apr 1, 2020 | Advice, All Members, COVID-19
OverviewHere’s a snapshot of member responses to date.Our non-branch survey will follow tomorrow.41% of respondents said that in their branches more staff had been told to report for work than were needed to provide essential banking services to customers.Staff were...
Mar 31, 2020 | Advice, COVID-19
Feedback from members shows that in too many branches staff are being placed at risk of Covid-19. Examples of unacceptable practices are:1. Excessive numbers of staff being forced to report for work.2. Staff being given odd-jobs when they should be at home or...
Mar 31, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
The Government has repeatedly said employers must make every effort to help staff to work from home. We appreciate that banking is a key public service but Lloyds could be doing a lot more to stop the spread of this virus by allowing more homeworking across all areas...
Mar 24, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
The bank’s position following the Prime Minister’s announcement that it was business as usual for Lloyds was akin to the kind of bravado we’ve seen from Sports Direct. It seems that overnight the bank has reflected on its position and the announcement today will be...
Mar 23, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
The UK Government’s classification of many banking roles as critical sends a clear message that it wants as many banking branches/contact centres/operational centres to be open as possible throughout this crisis. Even in Italy, which is now the global epicentre of...
