Parcelforce Pay- Correction of LTB - IMPORTANT

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Letter to Branches




No: 551/11
Ref: 101
Date: 20th June 2011

To All Postal Branches With Parcelforce Members
To All Regional Organisers
To All Parcelforce Representatives




Dear Colleague



It has come to the attention of the department that there has inadvertently been a typographical error in the printing of the insert sent out with the ballot papers to our members detailing the headlines from the agreement.

In the section entitled ‘Headlines from the Agreement’ the first bullet point of Stage 1 states that the increases will be ‘backdated to the 1st April 2010’ and should in fact read ‘backdated to the 1st April 2011’.

I would therefore appreciate you bringing this matter to the attention of our members in Parcelforce as a matter of urgency in order that they are made fully aware that the terms of the agreement are as published in LTB 477/11 dated 17th May 2011 (copy attached for your ease of reference).

I apologise for any inconvenience this typographical error may have caused and should anyone have any enquiries in relation to this matter then please do not hesitate to contact the department, email dwyatt@cwu.org, quoting reference 101

Yours sincerely




Davie Robertson
Acting Assistant Secretary










Letter to Branches




No: 477/11
Ref: 101
Date: 17th May 2011

To All Postal Branches With Parcelforce Members
To All Regional Organisers
To All Parcelforce Representatives




Dear Colleague

Agreement Between Parcelforce Worldwide and the CWU on 2011 Parcelforce Pay and Reward

Branches are advised that at a Postal Executive meeting held today, the 17th May 2011, an agreement was ratified regarding Parcelforce Pay and Reward for 2011 which has resulted in the following being achieved:

Agreement

Stage 1

2.6% increase on all elements of pensionable and non-pensionable basic pay, plus SA, overtime, all allowances and pay ranges etc backdated to the 1st April 2011.

£600 lump sum upon the acceptance of the agreement.

£7 increase in the payments made in the payments through achievement of new targets in the First Time Delivery scheme.

Stage 2

A further consolidated remuneration sum, equivalent to a weighted average of £67 will be applied to annual basic pay, pro-rata to less than full time staff, with full flow through as applied at Stage one

Ambition to achieve a further £400 lump sum. The £400 could be achieved at incremental stages dependant upon additional initiatives being able to deliver savings/benefits. The agreement also recognises that whilst the £400 is an ambition and that both parties are committed to achieving it, that there is also the potential for more should initiatives determine.

In respect of the £600 lump sum payable upon the acceptance of the agreement this relates to the recent Colleagueshare briefing where Parcelforce management made it clear that a further £600 would be available for the achievement of targets which will be part of the 2011 pay agreement. This £600 was originally achieved for Royal Mail Letter members in the Business Transformation Agreement and had now been agreed to be paid to Parcelforce members upon the ratification of this agreement in recognition of the progress made since the 2010 Reward and Recognition Agreement.

We believe that this agreement represents a pragmatic and realistic response to the current financial and political climate which allows for immediate and potential reward via increases in pay and lump sum payments. It should also be noted that the agreement makes specific and positive commitments to both the future of Parcelforce, the maintenance of the standard of living and job security of our members and indeed the potential for the creation of new jobs and reward commensurate with the growth in our industry.

A copy of the agreement has been attached to this document for your information.

The agreement will be subject to an individual members ballot and consultation with the SDGS Department will be taking place in regards to ballot arrangements, details which will be communicated to Branches as soon as they are available. In addition there will also be a briefing held on the 19th May 2011 and the relevant branches have already received information in this regard.

Branch Secretaries are requested to make sure that our members are made aware of the contents of this LTB.

Any enquiries in relation to this LTB should be addressed to Terry Pullinger, Assistant Secretary, email dwyatt@cwu.org, quoting reference 101.

Yours sincerely




Terry Pullinger
Assistant Secretary

[POSTMAN]

Nice one,will email the group.