Christmas Bonus

[gb93]

Is the new improved Xmas bonus (£200 pro rata) payed to all employees
eg. Someone who started over 6 months ago on ftc.
Or do you have to have a permanent contract & have to been employed before start of this year

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I can't find anything specific on Fixed term contracts, but as I understand it they should receive the same treatment as Permanent staff.

Therefore, as long as you meet the qualifying criteria I can see no reason why not.

The qualifying dates and reductions from 2010 are below - only the qualifying date will change - and the amount due - as you said its now £200

The Royal Mail pay directive states :

The directive authorises a one off Christmas supplement to operational and operational support employees in post on 29th November 2010 who complete the four week Christmas pressure period . The payment is a flat rate of £100 per person (paid pro-rata to part time employees and will be paid on Friday 17th December 2010. The payment is not consolidated , neither is it reckonable for overtime , allowances , SA , nor pension purposes. It is liable for tax and National insurance.

Part time employees are entitled to the Xmas supplement on a pro rata basis. They will receive the payment pro rata to a full time (Eg 40/39 5/39 hours ) week according to their contracted hours on the date payment is made. Part time employees that vary their contractual hours and work full time for a two week period during the Christmas pressure period will be paid the full Christmas supplement.

Eligibility for payment is linked to employment during the Christmas pressure period.

For each full week an individual receives no pay during the pressure period ( Eg unpaid special leave etc ) the individual will lose one quarter of the supplement.

For each full week where basic pay is reduced for sick pay pension rate the individual will lose one quarter of the supplement.

For each full week where basic pay is reduced for sick half pay the individual will lose one - eighth of the supplement

For each day counted midnight to midnight excluding bank holidays on which an employee takes unofficial industrial action their supplement will be abated by 10%
for official action it will be abated by 3%

[gb93]

Thanks for that teebs

[kirstyx]

my first xmas i was on a temporary contract and i got the same bonus as the permanent staff members

[fluffysnow]

my first xmas i was on a temporary contract and i got the same bonus as the permanent staff members

the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

[eastie]

The £200 Christmas Bonus doesn't even cover the amount of O/T and goodwill owed to me by the DOM for all the times I have gone over by 15 minutes over the year.

[Hitcher]

The £200 Christmas Bonus doesn't even cover the amount of O/T and goodwill owed to me by the DOM for all the times I have gone over by 15 minutes over the year.

The why go over if you're not getting paid for it?

[IloveMYredTROLLEY!]

The £200 Christmas Bonus doesn't even cover the amount of O/T and goodwill owed to me by the DOM for all the times I have gone over by 15 minutes over the year.

If I go over by 5mins or more, I get paid or get flex, end of. If o/t payment is wrong for more than a couple of weeks, I finish bang on time until they sort out my rightful arrears.

Why have you let so many 15mins (75% of outdoor PAID break) o/t claims be brushed over?

[eastie]

The £200 Christmas Bonus doesn't even cover the amount of O/T and goodwill owed to me by the DOM for all the times I have gone over by 15 minutes over the year.

If I go over by 5mins or more, I get paid or get flex, end of. If o/t payment is wrong for more than a couple of weeks, I finish bang on time until they sort out my rightful arrears.

Why have you let so many 15mins (75% of outdoor PAID break) o/t claims be brushed over?

Outdoor paid break , what the hell is that??
we have our break in the office before we go out
Every office is different I suppose

[IloveMYredTROLLEY!]

We (our depot, those on 7-8hrs59mins contract day) are supposed to take 20mins paid break before going out and we can choose whether to take the outdoor 20mins paid break, or add it onto our finish time to see if we finished on time/early( ) or need to claim rightful o/t.

Isn't the above the national CWU agreement?

[brykins]

No-one in our DO takes their break until the end of their walk - everyone knocks off 40minutes from their finish time.

[eastie]

No-one in our DO takes their break until the end of their walk - everyone knocks off 40minutes from their finish time.

You cant work 8 hours without a break

[stodgy88]

You cant -you shouldnt.

[Rcraig]

The £200 Christmas Bonus doesn't even cover the amount of O/T and goodwill owed to me by the DOM for all the times I have gone over by 15 minutes over the year.

The why go over if you're not getting paid for it?

we dont get paid overtime most of time if its from the walk,
we get told we will make it back on sat or tuesdays so they wont pay us
or they say if you wont go over you have to stay until your finishing time on saturday.

so its pretty much forced overtime for no pay

[Robbie1965]

can you take annual leave during pressure period