LTB 216/23 - Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement - Section 6.4 sick pay arrangements

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LTB 216/23 - Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement - Section 6.4 sick pay arrangements
No. 216/23

21st August 2023

Dear Colleagues,

Royal Mail Group: BRT&G Agreement Section 6.4 – Sick Pay Arrangements

Branches will be aware that the BRT&G Agreement included from 1st August 2023 the equivalent of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for the second absence (2 days), third absence (4 days) and for the fourth and any subsequent absence (3 days).

Royal Mail have informed us, due to complexities surrounding the updating of the payroll system, they are unable to implement the sick pay arrangements in respect of deductions of pay until November 2023. As a consequence of this situation we have agreed to revise the arrangements as follows and this is confirmed in the attached Joint Statement.

Any loss of pay will now apply from 1st October rather than 1st August coupled with the associated approach:

If a member has a second or subsequent absence from 1st October and before the payroll system is updated, their pay will be retrospectively adjusted from January 2024 to reflect the new sick pay arrangements as follows:
A maximum of £50 per week (£200 per month), pro-rata for part-timers will be stopped from pay from 1st January 2024 for the second absence and any subsequent that occurs from 1st October until the new pay system is in place (expected to be November 2023).
With a ceiling of £50 per week, for most members this will be spread over 3 to 4 weeks for the second absence.

A Joint Working Group (JWG) has been established and a crucial aspect of its remit is to monitor absence rates in line with our shared commitment to reduce the cost of absence. Due to Royal Mail’s delay in implementing the new sick pay arrangements, we have agreed the 6-month reference period for monitoring absence rates as per Paragraph 6.4.1, and in particular the target of 5.5%, will commence from 1st October 2023. This is in keeping with the revised sick pay arrangements also applying from 1st October rather than 1st August.

Any enquiries should be send to the PTCS Department via email to khay@cwu.org

Yours sincerely

Andy Furey Carl Maden
Acting Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Assistant Secretary

Clean pdf link...
Joint-Statement-Section-6.4.1-Sick-Pay

[claystones]

Is this the same for managers as well

[George50]

Muppets

[CornishCracker]

Is this the same for managers as well

Yes, I had my AR extended back in July.

[LouBarlow]

Payroll seems unable to cope with any single iota of change. Given this agreement has been proposed for months and months, it just shows the ineptitude of RM’s entire infrastructure especially in regards IT.

[postslippete]

Is this the same for managers as well

Very few managers go on sick. Given the generous pay structure and bonuses that are on offer. It's not difficult to see why.

[Foxel]

Is this the same for managers as well

Very few managers go on sick. Given the generous pay structure and bonuses that are on offer. It's not difficult to see why.

And it's a lot easier to be ill if all you do is sit at a desk. Never had a day off in my old office job.