{"id":64641,"date":"2015-11-25T18:44:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T18:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=931748d6d696c292a17a4c7601b2a6a1"},"modified":"2015-11-25T18:44:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T18:44:18","slug":"news-story-driving-and-vehicle-examiner-strike-december-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=64641","title":{"rendered":"News story: Driving and vehicle examiner strike: December 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Driving examiner strike action<\/h2>\n

Some driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Service (PCS<\/abbr>) union are planning to take strike action. <\/p>\n

PCS<\/abbr> has planned action at various times from Tuesday 1 December until Friday 4 December 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nRegions affected<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tuesday 1 December 2015<\/td>\nNorth East, North West and Scotland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday 2 December 2015<\/td>\nWest Midlands, East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber and Wales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday 3 December 2015<\/td>\nLondon, South East, East of England and South West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday 4 December 2015<\/td>\nAll of Great Britain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Advice to driving test candidates<\/h3>\n

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA<\/abbr>) is doing all it can to make sure that tests go ahead as planned. <\/p>\n

Not all examiners are union members, and DVSA<\/abbr> expects most driving test centres to operate as normal. You should turn up for your test as planned.<\/p>\n

Changing your driving test date<\/h3>\n

You can change your test to another date<\/a> if you want to.<\/p>\n

You must give at least 3 clear working days\u2019 notice to change your test date or you\u2019ll have to pay again.<\/p>\n

If your driving test is cancelled<\/h3>\n

DVSA<\/abbr> will book a new test appointment for you automatically if there\u2019s no examiner available for your test. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ll be rebooked for the earliest available date, and DVSA<\/abbr> will send you the details of the new appointment. <\/p>\n

Out-of-pocket expenses<\/h3>\n

You can claim out-of-pocket expenses<\/a> if your test is cancelled, but you must have turned up for your test to be able to do this. If you don\u2019t turn up, you\u2019ll have to rebook your own test and won\u2019t be able to claim expenses.<\/p>\n

Theory tests<\/h3>\n

Theory tests aren\u2019t affected by the strike action and will be taking place as planned.<\/p>\n

Vehicle examiner strike action<\/h2>\n

Some vehicle examiners who are members of:<\/p>\n

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  • the Prospect union are planning to take strike action every Friday, starting from starting from Friday 27 November 2015<\/li>\n
  • the PCS<\/abbr> union are planning to take strike action at the same time as driving examiners, as listed in the table above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    DVSA<\/abbr> is doing everything it can to make sure that vehicle tests will go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n

    You should follow the usual process and contact your local DVSA<\/abbr> network manager if your vehicle examiner doesn\u2019t arrive at your authorised testing facility on the day.<\/p>\n

    Minimising disruption to customers<\/h2>\n

    Paul Satoor, DVSA<\/abbr>\u2019s Interim Chief Executive, said:<\/p>\n

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    We\u2019re doing everything we can to minimise any disruption to customers and we apologise for any inconvenience.<\/p>\n

    Staff signed up to a new standard employment contract in April 2014 in exchange for a lump-sum payment and a 3-year pay deal. This was agreed with the trade unions, and applies to all staff in the Department for Transport and motoring agencies. The pay deal included transitional arrangements that came to an end on 1 November 2015.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s disappointing that the trade unions have now chosen to oppose the contract they agreed in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Driving examiners and vehicle examiners are planning to take strike action at various times during December 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}