LTB 441/21 - Royal Mail Employment Tribunal Holiday Pay Claims : The CWU will not provide any further legal representation, in line with the terms of the National Agreement.

[POSTMAN]

https://www.cwu.org/ltb/ltb-412-21-roya ... ay-claims/

LTB 441/21 – Royal Mail Employment Tribunal Holiday Pay Claims
No. 441/2021

12th October 2021

To : All Postal Branches. (Excluding Channel Islands and IOM)

Dear Colleagues

Royal Mail Employment Tribunal Holiday Pay Claims

Since the publication of LTB 412/21 dated 29th September 2021, ( viewtopic.php?f=67&t=102117) which detailed the cut off dates and payment dates for members to receive their appropriate back pay payments, members and some branches have been contacting the Legal Services Department, Unionline and the Tribunal Office in Bristol seeking clarification regarding such payments.

PLEASE NOTE that the sole responsibility for calculating all payments due to members in line with the National Agreement rests with Royal Mail.

If any member has a query regarding their payment calculation, then Branches should make members aware of the Holiday Pay Queries process, as detailed in the Joint Statement between CWU & RMG published in LTB 412/21.

Therefore, members and Branches should not contact the Tribunal Office in Bristol, Unionline or the CWU Legal Services Department with enquiries regarding the level of back payments due and when such payments are to be made, as none of the above have access to such information.

Members should only contact the CWU Legal Services Department if they have submitted an Employment Tribunal application regarding a Holiday Pay claim to indicate if they wish to either withdraw their Tribunal claim or if they wish to continue with their claim. We will then notify the Bristol Tribunal office and Royal Mail accordingly.

The Legal Services Department has now sent out two separate mail shots to members’ home addresses regarding the process for withdrawing their ET claims. If any member has not received the correspondence, please contact the department via email at employmentlawholpay@cwu.org

Any member, who wishes to continue with their Employment Tribunal Holiday Pay claim, can do so, on the understanding that the CWU will not provide any further legal representation, in line with the terms of the National Agreement.

The above also applies to members in Scotland and Northern Ireland, who have submitted Holiday Pay claims to their respective Tribunal offices.

Any enquiries in relation to the content of this LTB should be sent by email to employmentlawholpay@cwu.org

Yours sincerely,

Tony Rupa

Head of Legal Services

[SSkUNkY]

The CWU provided no legal support on this before anyway so how is this even news.

[tansorboy]

Shameful.

[clashcityrocker]

Tony Rupa - another one who should go ASAP.

[POSTMAN]

The CWU provided no legal support on this before anyway so how is this even news.

It's an LTB. I add bits on from LTB to the title for conciseness.
Check out the other LTB's on the second page.

[Rohit557]

Hi,
The LTB 441/21 – Royal Mail Employment Tribunal concerning holiday pay claims has reached a critical point. Members should note that the CWU will not be providing any further legal representation in these cases, consistent with the stipulations outlined in the National Agreement. This development underscores the importance of members understanding their individual rights and responsibilities when pursuing holiday pay claims independently. While the Union remains a vital source of guidance and support, those affected may now need to seek alternative legal advice or representation to ensure their claims are properly managed and their entitlements fully realized under current employment law.

[BELIAL]

Is this a genuine LTB?

[BELIAL]

Ah old thread revived ,still shocking.

[redlen]

Shocking and shameful is the word.

How can you have a national agreement that impacts tens of thousands of workers that is contrary to legal precedent putting its members at a financial detriment?

Simple answer being the courts do not recognise trade union agreements secured under collective bargaining unless explicitly implied they are.

That is why it is now down to the abandoned employee to go it alone with no legal training through the complex legal system.

The last one being the Agenda for Growth in which the CWU breached allowing a cut of terms and conditions for new starters without even a whimper of objection.

Even now they have the gall saying we are fighting for equalisation in its latest poster recruitment campaign

This mob have given away decades of hard-fought terms and conditions.

And I thought that a trade union was in improving its members terms and conditions, not be in partnership with the employer.