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How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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simply_the_best
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How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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I have been a postie for 7 years now, a mate asked me how many weeks we are entitled to after 5 years and i havent a clue :oops:


Thanks for any help.
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baldrick
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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On entry = Four and a half weeks
After 5 years = Four weeks 3.5 days
After 15 years = Five weeks 1 day
After 20 years = Six weeks
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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So,wtf happened with 10yrs then!
EDIT:I forgot,you get a certificate....................after 11+years :crazy:
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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Changed with the Way Forward.
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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Odds on the next post is...............what's the .5 day all about :left:
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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baldrick
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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The half day is because of the Maundy Thursday half 'priviledge' day we used to get.
It is usually carried over so you get a full day every other year, but you can take it
as a half day if you want to.
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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baldrick wrote:On entry = Four and a half weeks
After 5 years = Four weeks 3.5 days
After 15 years = Five weeks 1 day
After 20 years = Six weeks
Is'nt Four & a half weeks the same as 4 weeks & 3.5 days :hmmmm
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baldrick
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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No the four and a half weeks is four weeks and two and a half days.
You get one more day after five years.
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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and dont forget if you have left the business and joined up again the total of both of these length's of service counts towards holiday entitlement.
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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POSTMAN wrote:So,wtf happened with 10yrs then!
EDIT:I forgot,you get a certificate....................after 11+years :crazy:
They sent me my certificate this year by special delivery, so i wrote refused on it and told my manager to send it back. :dance
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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POSTMAN wrote:So,wtf happened with 10yrs then!
EDIT:I forgot,you get a certificate....................after 11+years :crazy:
I got mine, Its said "Consignia" the shortest lived company name ever , Certificate and brouch, I 'm going to keep it for Ebay in the future, Collectors would snap that up.
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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celerycelery wrote:and dont forget if you have left the business and joined up again the total of both of these length's of service counts towards holiday entitlement.
Is that correct? If it is I'm almost up to the 15 year bracket, in 2 stints.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets

Illegitimi non carborundum
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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Got my 20 year award signed by Adam Crozier and Alan Leighton, but he'd already left. :hmmmm
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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NWpostie wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:So,wtf happened with 10yrs then!
EDIT:I forgot,you get a certificate....................after 11+years :crazy:
I got mine, Its said "Consignia" the shortest lived company name ever , Certificate and brouch, I 'm going to keep it for Ebay in the future, Collectors would snap that up.
I just found mine earlier this week. I thought I'd chucked it out. Is it worth anything, in novelty value alone, I'm guessing.
Just spilt stain-remover down my shirt. Now how do I get that out?
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Re: How many weeks holiday after 5 years service?

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k66yla wrote:
celerycelery wrote:and dont forget if you have left the business and joined up again the total of both of these length's of service counts towards holiday entitlement.
Is that correct? If it is I'm almost up to the 15 year bracket, in 2 stints.
All periods of service on a temporary or permanent contract (with periods of casual service included only if
they run continuously into a temporary or permanent contract), except for those on unpaid leave, SPPR, or
with HM Forces exceeding 15 days, will count towards calculating leave due. Previous periods of PO service
may be counted for this purpose.
Way Forward Agreement, Section 4 Annual Leave - Leave Entitlements.
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