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Boots yet to respond to PDA’s request to waive restrictions on pharmacists who face cuts to hours and pay
Tue 1st February 2022
On behalf of members facing company-imposed cuts to their working hours, the PDA requested senior Boots management to waive the contractual clauses that prevent pharmacists from working for other pharmacy employers.
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Pharmacy Hours Reduction – Advice for Relief Pharmacists at Boots
Sun 30th January 2022
Relief Pharmacists at Boots are a population of employees who may have specific concerns about the consequences of the company’s pharmacy opening hours reduction initiative.
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The workforce impact of pharmacists working in Primary Care – what does the data tell us?
Wed 15th December 2021
The PDA shares data regarding the workforce impact of additional pharmacist roles in primary care and bust the myth that it has created a shortage.
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Advice to pharmacy students as lecturers take strike action
Wed 1st December 2021
The PDA has issued advice to pharmacy students who may face pickets lines and find that their lecturers and other course staff are not at work due to industrial action by members of the University & College Union. University staff are striking against unfair conditions including: insecure contracts, unpaid hours, low pay and minority wage gaps, cuts to pensions and more.
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Boots pharmacists pay talks at ACAS begin on 18 November
Thu 11th November 2021
The final stage of the 2021 pay talks for pharmacists at Boots begins on 18 November after no agreement could be reached by the two parties.
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PDA comment as large employers respond to HMRC investigation into tax status of locums
Thu 4th November 2021
The PDA has written to locum members after some large pharmacy contractors have contacted locum pharmacists asking them to provide details of their working arrangements. This is connected to the HMRC investigation into the tax status of locums which forms part of the extension of the IR35 arrangements into the private sector.
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PDA shares analysis of real-term pay cuts for Boots Pharmacists
Wed 27th October 2021
The PDA is sharing more detail of the Boots pharmacists’ pay claim for 2021
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PDA to propose ‘Independent Voice for Pharmacists’ motion at ICTU 2021 conference
Tue 26th October 2021
After affiliating to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) earlier this year, the PDA will be proposing a motion for the first time at the ICTU Biennial Delegate Conference 2021 which begins today.
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Knights Pharmacy acquires 20 branch multiple “Pearn’s Pharmacy” – PDA can support members when their employer changes
Mon 6th September 2021
Pearn’s Pharmacies, located in South Wales has been sold to Knights Pharmacy, creating a 90+ pharmacy multiple chain. As an independent trade union, the PDA can provide support and guidance for members at what can be a worrying time.
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Community pharmacists acting together to improve pay
Mon 23rd August 2021
For years, rates of pay for community pharmacists have been reducing in real terms, but by joining together to act collectively pharmacists now can take action through their independent trade union. This article outlines key outcomes secured by community pharmacists in recent years acting as a trade union and some of the additional options for action they now have available.