Flexible Benefits

A quick reminder to make your flexible benefit choices before the enrolment window closes on the 10th September , next Friday.
This is the website https://portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/services/people/flexible-benefits/flexible-benefits/

Shonah Ion

 

 

The Chemistry Building will be CLOSED TO ALL

From Monday 6th September, for a period of up to 2 weeks.

The anticipated levels of VOC and other harmful fumes which are likely to build up will mean the building will be hazardous to anyone entering.

Please can you make sure that your teams are aware of this and do not try to enter the main part of the building for any reason. The doors will be on 24/7 card access and there will be signage on all entrances instructing people not to enter.

cTAP and the Physics stores / instrument corridor will remain open and unaffected, but the main Chemistry Building should not be used as a thoroughfare to access any of these areas.

I am away for two weeks from week commencing 30th August. If you have any queries during the closure period, please contact David Rochester or Geoff Akien, cc’d here, who will be deputising in my absence either by email or on 07890 047248.

If you have any immediate queries (before Friday 27th) please let me know.

Helen Quirk

 

 

Performance Development Review

Just a reminder that it’s PDR (Performance Development Review) time. In case you have not seen it, HR put out a communication about PDRs for 20/21 which includes links to guidance, training and demos of the electronic form.

Please note that I only have access to my own PDR form so if you need technical assistance with yours, please contact HR Systems.

If your line manager/ PDR reviewer needs to be changed on Core HR so that they can access your form, HR systems can do that for you too.

FAO Non-academic staff on probation (and their line managers)

Staff that are on probation should have an initial PDR in place and complete the accompanying Probation Review form. These can be found in the bottom section of this webpage.

Grainne Wilkinson

 

 

Building occupancy

Dear Colleagues,
The proposed changes to restrictions that were due to happen next week have been postponed, so the continuing message is to work from home if possible and only come onto campus if it is necessary. We recognise that it is necessary for some staff & students to come onto campus to complete experiments, attend in person events etc. Some limited more general working on campus can also be approved for those who find are finding home working unsuitable due to health and similar issues.

However, we are still operating under distancing and other restrictions and we need to keep the occupancy of the building low and managed to meet the Public Health requirements. This is a particular problem in multi-occupancy offices, but we also need to keep occupation of single occupancy offices low.
To manage occupancy in the Department and ensure we remain compliant with current regulations, we have designated a responsible person and booking system for the multiple occupancy offices used by many researchers & PG students.

If a multi occupancy office user needs to come in, they would first contact their line manager/supervisor and explain their request. If the supervisor approves the request they (the line manager/supervisor) would then contact the room manager and discuss the dates, time, frequency or duration of the access with the room manager, who would then book the access to allow occupancy management and social distancing.

The rooms and their managers are listed below.

Room Number	Room Manager
A14 (within A15)	Sam Jones (PG Student)
A15	Sam Jarvis
B06a	Andy Blake
B06b	Andy Wharton (PG student)
B06c	Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy
B504	Jim Wild
C01	Aneta Stefanovska
C07	Adam Craig
C08	Alessandro Romito
C14	Colin Lambert
C45	Brooke Simmons
C52	Robert Young
C62	Jonathon Gratus

Please note that when you have to come in, you must continue to observe the Dept rules, wearing a face covering within the building, one way system and marked room occupancies. This particularly applies to kitchen spaces – please do not use these for prolonged periods, as it will block others from being able to use them.

Shonah Ion & Roger Jones.