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Saturday 26th December 2020

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
rambo1
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Saturday 26th December 2020

Post by rambo1 »

doorstepped wrote:we should be given Sat 26th as a non service day if previous years are to go by, however if your day off falls on this day you DO NOT gain a day back in Lieu sadly.
everyone will get the day off and get paid for it, so you can't claim twice for it. Bank Holidays ie: Monday 28th of December, you can claim your day in lieu for this as it is callassed as a Bank Holiday.
Never got that rule. So if you're Wednesday off that week you get two days off without loss of pay , if you're Saturday off, you only get one day off for the same pay. Of course as well as xmas day.Crap.
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Post by boneym »

will i get a day in lieu if my day off falls on christmas day?
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Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

boneym wrote:will i get a day in lieu if my day off falls on christmas day?
Yea
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Post by hermesetas »

Surely it can't stand that those that have the Saturday off are expected to work a day more than everyone else?
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Saturday 26th December 2020

Post by Zicomurphy »

If the 26th was a normal service day that would mean anyone working nights would have to go to work Christmas Day evening! Would love to see them try to enforce that.
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Post by Woody Guthrie »

I think the only real question will be will the 'no clawback' agreement still be honoured?

We'll get the day off but will it cost us a day's annual leave?
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Post by world class male »

hermesetas wrote:Surely it can't stand that those that have the Saturday off are expected to work a day more than everyone else?
it's pot luck if they do make it a non service day, so yes if it's your scheduled day off you don't gain a free day off, same can be said with snow days
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Saturday 26th December 2020

Post by Fozzy72 »

We’re getting the Saturday 26th off according to the Royal Mail website, it says no collections or deliveries
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Post by DGH »

Woody Guthrie wrote:I think the only real question will be will the 'no clawback' agreement still be honoured?

We'll get the day off but will it cost us a day's annual leave?
They could make people take it as annual leave if they wanted but they'd probably have had to decide to do that before allocating next year's holiday, which they haven't. So we should be safe.
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Post by k979aaa »

pinstripe wrote:Well I for one will not be surprised if Dr No and his henchmen decide to spoil Christmas for over 100,000 people. It’s kind of their thing.
We will have many more strikes before then anyway!
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Saturday 26th December 2020

Post by aiden01 »

k979aaa wrote:
pinstripe wrote:Well I for one will not be surprised if Dr No and his henchmen decide to spoil Christmas for over 100,000 people. It’s kind of their thing.
We will have many more strikes before then anyway!
Whats that got to do with having sat 26th dec off.
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Post by Woody Guthrie »

DGH wrote:
Woody Guthrie wrote:I think the only real question will be will the 'no clawback' agreement still be honoured?

We'll get the day off but will it cost us a day's annual leave?
They could make people take it as annual leave if they wanted but they'd probably have had to decide to do that before allocating next year's holiday, which they haven't. So we should be safe.
They would more likely deduct it from the following year's allocation. The same way that a day off falling on a bank holiday can be credited to the following year but not added automatically to the current year.

That and the alternative option of losing a day's pay.
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Now lock the thread?
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Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

Wednesday 1 January Bank Holiday - New Year's Day No collections or deliveries
Friday 10 April March Good Friday No collections or deliveries
Monday 13 April Easter Monday No collections or deliveries
Friday 8 May Early May Bank Holiday No collections or deliveries
Monday 25 May Spring Bank Holiday No collections or deliveries
Monday 31 August Summer Bank Holiday No collections or deliveries
Friday 25 December Christmas Day No collections or deliveries
Saturday 26 December Boxing Day No collections or deliveries
Monday 28 December Due to Boxing Day on Saturday No collections or deliveries
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Post by SpacePhoenix »

TrueBlueTerrier wrote: Monday 28 December Due to Boxing Day on Saturday No collections or deliveries
Any staff who work nights will be in overnight (28th into the 29th) as the mail will have to be processed ready for deliveries on the 29th.

Tuesday 29th will probably be VERY HEAVY as there's going to potentially be 4 days worth of postings in the system overnight on the Monday (plus there will be all the deferred mail as well)