Comment on recent reports Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council have said:
“A story on the Socialist Worker website on a march relating to the Council’s budget and cuts to services implies that if the proposed housing transfer goes ahead, housing staff would lose their jobs.
“This is not true.
“Unions, housing staff and the Shadow Board of NPT Homes worked closely with the Council to develop a staff pledge.
“This pledge will, if the transfer goes ahead, form part of the legally binding transfer agreement between the Council and NPT Homes.
“The pledge commits NPT Homes to honouring the protections offered by TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations) to transferring staff in connection with pay and conditions of service not only on transfer but also for an additional period of two years post transfer.
“If the transfer does not take place, the Council believes, as things stand, that it will be unable to maintain the existing level of service and this will inevitably place a number of jobs at risk.”
