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 2023/24 is as follows:

Representing	Name	Appointment (department)
UCU	Steven Spencer	Joint President (Faculty of Social Sciences)
UCU	Katie Smith	Joint President (Student Administration and Academic Affairs)
UCU	Jon Fanning	Vice President, Treasurer and membership secretary (School of Business and Management)
UCU	Ana Duarte	Branch Secretary (Centre for Health Economics)
UCU	Christopher Crispin-Bailey	Health and Safety Officer (Computer Science)
UCU	Kai Tsao	Executive member (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion)
UNISON	Michelle Hickman	Branch Secretary (Economics)
UNISON	Francess Daly	Branch Chair and Equalities Coordinator (The York Law School)
UNISON	Emma Hague	Women's Officer (Finance)
UNISON	Chris Fielding	Health & Safety Officer (Student Life and Wellbeing)
UNITE	Richard Armitage	Chair (School of Physics, Engineering and Technology)
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	Nirmal Borkhataria	Interim Finance Director
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	Laura McIlroy	Employee Relations and HR Policy Manager, Secretary
In attendance		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.