over55

[taxi4leighton]

are their any rules regarding delivery spans for posties 55years old.

Golden rule number 1 is don't run around at a brakeneck speed like the young uns. (brothermagrew)

[moyas slave]

yes is was agreed in 2009 that your duty will be 1 mile for each year since your birth date.

[Wessex]

yes is was agreed in 2009 that your duty will be 1 mile for each year since your birth date.

[Wessex]

I believe in France that once you reach a certain age (no pun intended) the postie used to be given a reserved duty that recognised that the body has taken a lot of strain over the years on delivery.
Several years ago, I believe the ,French Post company was threatening to do away with this perk and at the time I believe strike action was looming.Not sure what happened in the end.I wonder whether it has anything to do with the spate of suicides mentioned in another thread.

[Bongos]

are their any rules regarding delivery spans for posties 55years old.

There should be i am now coming up to 56.

15 years service
In that 15 years Acillies Tendenitis,Herna op, Knee op, replacement Hip last year, just got back from Hospital after check up today other Hip on the way out, now having to do more delivery span time, all rotational days gone in the re-pick possibly having to do 6 DAY WEEKS FOR 6 WEEKS AND THEN 1 WEEK OFF IF I MAKE IT.
I remember we wanted 5 day weeks a while ago and we got it, now we are going backwards back to 6 day weeks

[Wessex]

I think age (and length of service) should be factored into delivery spans,nobody stays a whippersnapper for ever .Although of course seniority would have helped in the past where you could have picked a less strenuous duty. Lengthening of rounds through park and loop will put more strain on aging joints.

[noggin1969]

So no

[fishtank]

Fatigue – Understanding, Identifying and tackling the causes of fatigue.

It's in the agreement..
You can't understand,identify or tackle fatigue without understanding the difference between how it affects a 20 year old and how it affects a 55 year old.
Or is this agreement just a load of empty words.

[POSTMAN]

This is a strange one isn't it.
First off,all you wippersnappers on the site,you'll get old and creaky just like me and the other oldies on here.

In all jobs especially manual ones the productivity would be higher for a youngen rather than an olden in most cases,not all but a lot of them.
So what do you do,how do you deal with it,any examples around.

I would say in our line of work at least it's impossible to work out.

[BELIAL]

They shoot horses don't they ? and greyhounds

[Lincox]

Yeah, we have the younger generation in our office all running around to get home 30 minutes earlier than the old uns. But who gets all the complaints, who run across gardens to cut time, who leave packets on doorsteps etc etc. If that is the image that Royal Mail wish to portray then so be it. I am in training at the moment to slow down to a nice steady crawl around the walk, as I find myself at times speeding up without knowing it, and what for. As for six day weeks, whoever agreed to that nonsense must be dead in the head. They will be dead anyway if they carry on in this job for too long on those shifts.

[blue1873]

Yeah, we have the younger generation in our office all running around to get home 30 minutes earlier than the old uns. But who gets all the complaints, who run across gardens to cut time, who leave packets on doorsteps etc etc. If that is the image that Royal Mail wish to portray then so be it. I am in training at the moment to slow down to a nice steady crawl around the walk, as I find myself at times speeding up without knowing it, and what for. As for six day weeks, whoever agreed to that nonsense must be dead in the head. They will be dead anyway if they carry on in this job for too long on those shifts.

Good call Lincox one day they will realise
their mistake and then it will be too late,it probably
is too late now have always said we need to
protect the job/duty for the person after you.But do
they listen Honestly youth is
wasted on the young