LTB 111/23 – RMG – BUSINESS RECOVERY TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH AGREEMENT Lord Falconer Review
No: 111/23
4th May 2023
Dear Colleague
RMG/CWU BUSINESS RECOVERY, TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH AGREEMENT – LORD FALCONER REVIEW OF CONDUCT CASES (APPENDIX 7)
Following the national briefing in Bristol on 21st April 2023, enquiries have been received from Branches concerning the process for registering conduct cases in the Independent Review.
The General Secretary, A/DGS(P) and Binder Bansel our legal advisor, met with Lord Falconer and his team, Acas and Royal Mail Group at the Chambers of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher on Friday 28th April 2023.
At the meeting, discussions were held to establish a comprehensive process to be adopted to submit cases into the review. Individual members or representatives who wish to have their case included in the review will need to provide their consent as follows:-
Consent Form
https://www.cwu.org/wp-content/uploads/ ... oforma.pdf
In conjunction with our legal advisors, a consent form has been drafted for this purpose and is attached at Appendix A. The member or representative will need to consent to their case being included by signing the form together with further details. The signing of this form will give authorisation for Royal Mail Group to provide all documentation and any other information relating to their case to the CWU, Acas and Lord Falconer and his team. This process is important and necessary due to potential implications of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation.
Branches who have members and representatives who wish their conduct cases to be put forward to the Lord Falconer Independent Review, should ensure that consent is given as a matter of urgency and the completed form returned to the dedicated CWU e-mail address independent-review@cwu.org;
This e-mail address is being monitored and a check will be made as to whether the forms have been completed correctly and an acknowledgment email will be sent back to the Branch confirming receipt of the consent form. Following this, the consent form will be forwarded to RMG. This will then signal that RMG need to release the appropriate paperwork. The Union will create an individual sub-file under this e-mail address for each member or representative who returns the signed consent form.
Once the paperwork has been received, a further assessment will be made on each case. Divisional representatives Paul Kennedy and Ian Taylor will be performing this work and following this, cases will be forwarded to Lord Falconer in a priority order.
Due to the numbers involved, we expect the Lord Falconer Independent Review to be a massive undertaking and Branches are thanked in advance for ensuring that cases are registered as swiftly as possible in the first instance, in order to allow these to then be forwarded to Lord Falconer and his team in a structured manner.
Four Postal Executive members will act as contact points for Parcelforce and the following Divisions and the Branches therein:
Katrina Quirke will act as the liaison for all PFW cases;
Tony Bouch – Midlands, South Wales/South West, South Central;
Luke Elgar – Anglia, London, South East;
Rob Wotherspoon – North East, North Wales/North West, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
A further meeting will be held with Lord Falconer, RMG and Acas later this month. Branches are thanked in advance for submitting the relevant paperwork to the dedicated e-mail address independent-review@cwu.org; as a matter of urgency.
Further updates will be provided in due course.
Yours sincerely
Dave Ward
General Secretary
Andy Furey
A/Deputy General Secretary (Postal)
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