LTB 597/20 - RM/CWU - Joint Statement Attendance on Saturday 26th December

[woofwoof]

Saturday 26th December payment

[wf]

So at the minute
You get the day off ,but if it’s your rotating day off you lose it
But if you chose to come in on the day off that the others have as a day off ,you get a bonus
What if it’s your day off and you come in ,do you get say the 8 hours ,plus the 4 hours for working and the bonus
And if you chose not to come in if it’s your day off you get nothing ?

[POSTMAN]

https://www.cwu.org/ltb/ltb-597-20-rm-c ... -december/

LTB 597/20 – RM/CWU – Joint Statement Attendance on Saturday 26th December
No: 597/20

17th December 2020

For the Immediate Attention of All:

Postal Branches

Divisional Representatives

Territorial Engineering Representatives

PFW Regional Organisers

Area Delivery Representatives

Area Processing Representatives

Area Distribution Representatives

Area Admin Representatives

Fleet and Maintenance Services Representatives



Dear Colleagues

RM/CWU – Joint Statement Attendance on Saturday, 26th December 2020

Branches and representatives will be aware that discussions with Royal Mail on the escalating Test Kit operation have been ongoing, which has included the requirement to provide a Test Kit operation on Saturday, 26th December 2020.

Colleagues will also be aware that Saturday, 26th December has been designated a Non USO day and that the attendance on that day would be voluntary and would attract Monday to Saturday Scheduled Attendance rates.

Take up has been slow and discussions have continued on additional remuneration to make working on this day more attractive to volunteers. These discussions have now produced the attached Joint Statement, which has been endorsed by the Postal Executive. The document outlines the provision of additional non-pensionable lump sum payments that the company is willing to offer to improve take up by our members.

The additional lump sum payment (non-pensionable) and criteria is as follows:

Attendances that are for four hours and beyond and up to eight hours will receive an additional lump sum payment of £38.
Attendances that are in excess of eight hours or more will receive an additional lump sum payment of £60.
While the initial focus was on the provision of the Test Kit service, at the request of the CWU the business has agreed to extend the payments on an exceptional basis to all OPGs, OSGs, MGV Drivers, Mail Screeners, MDECs, Processing Engineers, LA’s, Network Professional Drivers and Fleet Technicians who perform and attend on Saturday, 26th December 2020 in Royal Mail. We have clarified that this will also include Royal Mail International (RMI) and Royal Mail Specialist Services/Relay (RMSS).

We are sure this additional payment will be welcomed by our members and we hope that it will encourage additional volunteers to attend on Saturday, 26th December 2020 to support the operation.

Any enquiries in relation to this LTB should be directed to the relevant Officer with responsibility for the function concerned.

Yours sincerely

Davie Robertson – Assistant Secretary

Mark Baulch – Assistant Secretary

Andy Furey – Assistant Secretary

Carl Maden – Assistant Secretary (Acting)

Attachment 1 – JS Attendance on Saturday 26 December 17.12.20

[Tgdtgd]

At the risk of sounding like a dummy are mail centre workers contracted to work weekends not required to attend on Boxing Day? I’d been under the impression from a rep at our office that it would be open as usual because Monday was the bank holiday.

[hans solo]

just remember they took our time and a half ot away
took our double time away also took away sa at end of shift xmas press away
nnow its back to poxy small lump sum bribe
girfuy rm

[rambo1]

So at the minute
You get the day off ,but if it’s your rotating day off you lose it
But if you chose to come in on the day off that the others have as a day off ,you get a bonus
What if it’s your day off and you come in ,do you get say the 8 hours ,plus the 4 hours for working and the bonus
And if you chose not to come in if it’s your day off you get nothing ?

That's my bugbear. If I come in on the Saturday (my day off) I get just the additional lump sum extra to someone who was say, Wednesday off and worked their day off. But they would also get Saturday off, while I'd be working it! To make it fair I'd want the 8 hrs paid plus lump sum PLUS 7 hr 15 min for coming in on my rota day off! Can't see them going for that though.

[rambo1]

It's something that could have been addressed by the Union but once again feel totally let down by them

[rambo1]

How could you do more than 8hrs anyway? You're not going to be collecting stuff at 8am surely and what time will the kits need to get back to office to go to mail centres?

[aiden01]

At the risk of sounding like a dummy are mail centre workers contracted to work weekends not required to attend on Boxing Day? I’d been under the impression from a rep at our office that it would be open as usual because Monday was the bank holiday.

No its a non-service day for everyone monday is the offical bh.