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Royal Mail employment policies are ideal for reps and colleagues as a quick guide to our full agreements.

Royal Mail have developed summaries on the agreements colleagues most frequently ask about. The at-a-glance summaries give an overview of the key parts of the policies so you can quickly find the information you need.

• Time off: annual holiday

• Time off: other leave

• Sick pay

• Attendance

• Being a parent

• Flexible working

See all the policies Here...

Registered members of the site have access to the full agreements in our downloads forum.


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  LATEST NEWS

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LTB 201/25 – SISO Overtime Management National Deployment – Joint Statement

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LTB 167/25 – BRT&G Agreement – Seasonal Variation 2025 Further Update

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Annual leave whilst on sick leave

How much is holiday pay?

Dates for 2025/26?

Average pay while on A_L qualifying period

Holiday pay

Non payment of HP for this week

Dates for 2024?

Holiday pay after leaving RM

Holiday pay, (how much)

Holiday pay after leaving Royal Mail

Minister responds to criticism of Post Office Capture redress scheme

Post Office offered bailout to cover £104.4m IR35 tax bill linked to Horizon IT scandal

Post Office will fight first ever Capture case at the Court of Appeal

Fujitsu boss ‘falls on his sword’ before settling with Post Office scandal victims

Trust and technology: what went wrong with the Post Office?

Post Office and Fujitsu accused of delaying £4m legal claim

LTB 007/26 – Post Office: Pay Claim – 1st April 2026

MPs could be unintentionally going easy on tech ‘parasite’ in Post Office scandal bill

Post Office Horizon scandal victim's fight after husband's same conviction quashed

Fujitsu refuses to say how much money it will pay towards £1.8bn Post Office scandal compensation bill

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