Supernumerary entangled repick process. Take grave care.

[Postee2]

In general, employment law in the UK requires that employers follow a fair and transparent process when making decisions about employment, including decisions related to recruitment, selection, and realignment. When it comes to a repick or realignment process within a large employer, it is important that the employer follows these rules of fairness to ensure that all employees are treated fairly and equitably.

If an employer is looking to realign or repick a team, it is important that the employer provides a clear and transparent process for selecting employees. The employer must be clear about the criteria that will be used to make the selection, and must provide employees with an opportunity to make their case for why they should be selected.

Under UK employment law, an employer can deem an employee as a supernumerary if there is a genuine redundancy situation. This means that the employer no longer requires the employee's work to be done by anyone and can terminate their employment. However, before doing so, the employer must follow a fair and transparent process, which includes consulting with the employee and offering them alternative employment, if possible. Failure to follow the proper procedure can result in an unfair dismissal claim being brought against the employer.

The rules of fairness require that employers take several steps to ensure that the selection process is fair and equitable. These steps include:

Providing a clear and transparent selection process: The employer should clearly communicate the criteria that will be used to make the selection, and provide employees with an opportunity to make their case for why they should be selected.

Avoiding discrimination: The employer must avoid any form of discrimination in the selection process, including discrimination based on age, race, gender, religion, or other protected characteristics.

Giving notice: The employer must give employees adequate notice of the selection process and the criteria that will be used to make the selection.

Offering support: The employer must offer support to employees who are not selected, including offering them alternative employment, if possible.

In summary, UK employment law requires that employers follow a fair and transparent process when making decisions about employment, including decisions related to recruitment, selection, and realignment. If an employer deems an employee as supernumerary, there must be a genuine redundancy situation and the employer must follow a fair and transparent process. The rules of fairness require that employers provide a clear and transparent selection process, avoid discrimination, give notice, and offer support to employees who are not selected.

[midegarelu]

In our place there is no choice but to take supernumerary.
Duties affected are in the main those which RM made up to fill gaps.
Duty spans below 30 hours totally wiped out, not allowed to increase hours to get duty.
Over 60 duties wiped out.
Those affected are in the main the highest and the lowest in seniority.
All duties that didn't change, the duty holders were allowed to keep them even though technically had never signed for them!
Something like 30 VR's going through at the moment.
Any other time they would have waited till they were sorted until bringing in this realignment.
Yet another sledgehammer to break us.

Let's hope today will bring some good news from the talks and this rubbish gets shelved.

[Zicomurphy]

There are perfectly good agreements in place when it comes to revisions and re picks. Any deal eventually agreed between Royal Mail and the CWU must include a commitment to stick to those agreements and a process for any revision already implemented by executive action to be reviewed and altered where required.

[Ferrari5825]

In our place there is no choice but to take supernumerary.
Duties affected are in the main those which RM made up to fill gaps.
Duty spans below 30 hours totally wiped out, not allowed to increase hours to get duty.
Over 60 duties wiped out.
Those affected are in the main the highest and the lowest in seniority.
All duties that didn't change, the duty holders were allowed to keep them even though technically had never signed for them!
Something like 30 VR's going through at the moment.
Any other time they would have waited till they were sorted until bringing in this realignment.
Yet another sledgehammer to break us.

Let's hope today will bring some good news from the talks and this rubbish gets shelved.

The people who have said yes to taking VR's haven't even been given a figure at ours yet, they are told the figure later on, via a letter through the post.

I have also heard, that the VR's are based on the new hours they will be put on, not the ones they are currently on. so part timers may get done over big time regarding the payout amount, if their hours drop substantially.