Newsletters From BTU
Performance Plans – Above The Law?
Given the abuses of the performance management policy that we now encounter daily it is hard not to conclude that the people running Lloyds’ systems believe they can operate in defiance of UK law. Amongst the abuses we have seen are: Refusals to hear grievances about...
Letter To MPs – 4500 IT Jobs In India
Performance Plans – What’s Going On?
I said in an earlier newsletter on performance that it’s hard to argue with the concept of an employer wanting a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay. Indeed, if that was all that was driving Lloyds’ current performance case offensive you would not be reading this...
Letter To Mr. Harry Baines – WTW – Overpayments
Letter To Dame Linda Dobbs DBE – HBOS Reading – The Dobbs Review
79 More Branches Closed
Lloyds has announced another round of branch closures. 79 Lloyds and Halifax branches will close starting from September 2026. That’s in addition to all the announcements that have been since the beginning of the year. We said in a previous Newsletter that the demise...
WTW – Hounding Staff.
Just when you thought the performance of Willis Towers Watson (WTW), who administer the Lloyds pension schemes, couldn’t get any worse, it has. It’s now demanding that a member of staff who retired on health grounds with an aggressive form of breast cancer pays back...
Halifax Bank – The End
As we predicted, Lloyds Banking Group is planning to get rid of the Halifax brand with effect from 1st July 2026. Getting rid of the Halifax brand won’t come as a big surprise to staff working in branches. Lloyds and Bank of Scotland recently had new advertising and...
Responding to Lloyds on Data Trawling
Members who complained to Mr Charlie Nunn, Group Chief Executive, regarding the trawling of staff accounts have received a standard response from the Bank. The Union has put together two responses for members and their partners/spouses to send back to Lloyds. Those...
The iPad Problem
The evidence we’ve gathered shows the use of iPads in branches is causing an increase in the number of staff suffering with musculoskeletal problems. Members have reported struggling to get occupational health assessments with some having to wait up to 4 months. That...
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