- Conference
- 2021 Police and Justice Conference
- Date
- 21 June 2021
- Decision
- Carried
This Conference notes that since the current pay consultation procedures were last agreed, the use of electronic voting in consultative ballots has proved to be an effective way of increasing the participation rate of our members.
This Conference therefore calls upon the Service Group Executive to include the option of using electronic systems in consultative ballots by adding a further point six to the existing pay consultation procedures as follows:
“6. Subject to the agreement of the sector / negotiating committee, it may possible for an electronic ballot to be coordinated from UNISON Centre. This will enable the provision of real-time information to branches on their members’ participation rates and a branch breakdown of the result.”