Purpose

The JNCC, as part of the employee relations agreement and structure, aims to enhance effective communication throughout the University to achieve greater participation and involvement of all members of staff.

Constituency of members

The JNCC comprises University management representatives and representatives of the recognised trade unions.

The membership of the JNCC is based upon the representation for the trade unions, based upon a calculation of 2 representatives plus 1 representative for every 250 trade union members or part thereof for each trade union, and an equivalent number of University Management representatives.

Organisation	Number of members
UNITE	3
UNISON	4
UCU	7
University management	14
Total	28

Chair

The Chair of the JNCC is rotated for each meeting between University Management and the Trade Unions, on an alternative basis.

Current membership

Membership for the academic year 2022/23 is as follows:

Representing	Name	Appointment (department)
UCU	Joanna de Groot	President (History)
UCU	Jon Fanning	Vice President and Health and Safety Officer (York Management School)
UCU	Ana Duarte	Secretary (Centre for Health Economics)
UCU	Kai Tsao	Executive member (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion)
UCU	Steven Spencer	Executive member and membership officer (Faculty of Social Science)
UCU	Steve Roskams	Treasurer (Archaeology)
UCU	Katie Smith	Equality Officer and PGWT Exec Rep (SAAS)
UNISON	Francess Daly	Chair and Equalities Coordinator (Law)
UNISON	Annette Johnson	Education Officer (Economics)
UNISON	Chris Fielding	Health & Safety Officer (SLAW)
UNITE	Richard Armitage	Chair (Physics)
UNITE	Bob Hide	Branch Secretary (School of Physics, Engineering and Technology)
University Management	Charlie Jeffery	Vice-Chancellor and President
University Management	Joss Ivory	Chief Operating Officer
University Management	TBC
University Management	Lisa Woods	Director of Accommodation, Campus and Commercial Services
University Management	Karen Rowlingson	Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
University Management	Rachael Millhouse	Director of HR
In attendance	Sophie Thompson	Employee Relations and HR Policy Manager, Secretary
In attendance	Iwona Lever	PA to Chief Operating Officer, Minutes

Governance

The JNCC is a semi autonomous committee with the authority to discuss issues and make certain decisions (as outlined in the Employee Relations Agreement and Structure). There will, however, be occasions where the JNCC will need to refer to other committees for information and/or approval.

Sub-committees

The JNCC has three specific Sub Committees which are constituted on an ad-hoc basis following referral from JNCC Committee on issues specific to the individual Trade Unions:

• Sub-JNCC UCU
• Sub-JNCC Unison
• Sub-JNCC Unite

The JNCC also has Special Interest Groups relating to specific ongoing issues:

• Policy Development Group

The JNCC has occasional Joint Temporary Working Groups formed for a finite period to discuss specific stand alone issues.