Vacant duties

[Broxi51]

This has probably been posted before but can anyone give me a link
in the CWU website regarding the filling of vacant duties.
Our office has over 6 vacant duties that have never been signed since they became vacant.
Some of these duties became vacant approx 5 years ago. Our manager simply fills it with
any newbie because he doesnt want to train the newbies on a few duties when he can get away
with just training him on the vacant duty.

[Big Daz]

Its all in the way forward aggrement black and white.

[Big Daz]

RESOURCING TO JOBS (F/T AND P/T) THAT DO NOT REQUIRE SELECTION BY SKILLS

14.1 Royal Mail and CWU recognise the need for Royal Mail to have the facility to recruit directly to full-time posts in all operational units. This agreement therefore replaces the relevant provisions of the SFMB and modifies paragraph 3e) of the Agreement on Delivery Issues, accordingly. Both parties also recognise the need to provide employees with the opportunity to change jobs in a way that fulfils their legitimate development aspirations, meets possible personal needs and avoids disruption to service and to customers.


14.2 The principles underpinning the new Resourcing Agreement are set out below.

• External recruitment to full-time posts is essential to ensure that RM has the widest choice of candidates from which to select.
• Existing and future part-time employees will continue to have opportunities to gain full-time employment locally and further afield.
• The filling of posts should result in minimum disruption by ensuring that a full-time vacancy does not trigger a series of moves.
• The practice of ‘most senior individual’ will be used when filling non-specialist jobs internally. The only jobs not filled on this basis are specified in Section 15: Selection by Skills.
• Jobs advertised externally will be filled on an open resourcing basis and offered to the most suitable person.

14.3 The process for resourcing full-time and part-time, non-specialist posts will comprise one of four options, in the following order, unless agreed locally to change this order:

• Internal advertisement of the job within the currently recognised resourcing unit/s.
• Deployment of existing surplus employees.
• The acceptance of an existing employee from the wider resourcing area or another resourcing area who has previously had his/her name placed on the transfer list for that resourcing unit.
• External advertisement.

14.4 Where a full-time post is advertised internally, it will be available to all full-time employees and part-time employees, who have opted for full-time employment, in that resourcing unit. The posts will be filled on the basis of ‘most senior individual’. Where a part-time post is advertised internally, it will be available to all employees as above and filled in the same way.

14.5 The resulting vacancy will be temporarily filled by a reserve, a surplus employee, a transferee from within the wider resourcing area or another resourcing area or by direct recruitment in line with the process above.

14.6 When the number of consequential vacancies in the resourcing unit reaches 5%, or after a period of six months following the last such exercise (if earlier), the posts will be advertised in the resourcing unit, en bloc and filled on the basis of seniority. If this results in any further vacancies, these will be filled, using the same process as above.

14.7 Existing part-time employees, in post at the date of this Agreement, will be asked if they have an interest in full-time employment. A list will be maintained of these employees. Part-time employees on the list will be eligible to apply for internally-advertised posts, alongside full-time employees. They would then pick up the post based on their seniority. If unsuccessful they will be eligible to apply for future jobs advertised internally until appointed.

14.8 Where a full-time vacancy is advertised externally, all part-time staff will be able to express an interest. They will not have a right to the vacancy and will be considered alongside external applicants using the same criteria. Where unsuccessful, the reason will be explained in writing and they will be invited to discuss this with their line manager. They will remain in their current post and will have the opportunity to apply for future externally advertised full-time vacancies.

14.9 Employees taking up internally-advertised posts will be dedicated to them for a minimum of12 months. No applications for job moves will be considered during that period, unless they are:

• For specialist posts;
• As a result of serious personal or domestic reasons, following discussions with local CWU representatives.

14.10 RM and CWU locally will monitor the operation of this Agreement to ensure that the principles set out above are upheld and that a reasonable balance is secured between the Business need to have greater access to the full-time job changer market and the legitimate interests of existing and future part-time employees.

[johnnyp]

This has probably been posted before but can anyone give me a link
in the CWU website regarding the filling of vacant duties.
Our office has over 6 vacant duties that have never been signed since they became vacant.
Some of these duties became vacant approx 5 years ago. Our manager simply fills it with
any newbie because he doesnt want to train the newbies on a few duties when he can get away
with just training him on the vacant duty.

When was the last time you had a full office resign mate?

[Broxi51]

This has probably been posted before but can anyone give me a link
in the CWU website regarding the filling of vacant duties.
Our office has over 6 vacant duties that have never been signed since they became vacant.
Some of these duties became vacant approx 5 years ago. Our manager simply fills it with
any newbie because he doesnt want to train the newbies on a few duties when he can get away
with just training him on the vacant duty.

When was the last time you had a full office resign mate?

About 8 or 9 years ago.

[Broxi51]

Many Thanks guys for the info. Am going into the DOM's office tomorrow ready for battle

[johnnyp]

This has probably been posted before but can anyone give me a link
in the CWU website regarding the filling of vacant duties.
Our office has over 6 vacant duties that have never been signed since they became vacant.
Some of these duties became vacant approx 5 years ago. Our manager simply fills it with
any newbie because he doesnt want to train the newbies on a few duties when he can get away
with just training him on the vacant duty.

When was the last time you had a full office resign mate?

About 8 or 9 years ago.

Wot Weve had at least 3 at our place in that time

[DGP1]

This has probably been posted before but can anyone give me a link
in the CWU website regarding the filling of vacant duties.
Our office has over 6 vacant duties that have never been signed since they became vacant.
Some of these duties became vacant approx 5 years ago. Our manager simply fills it with
any newbie because he doesnt want to train the newbies on a few duties when he can get away
with just training him on the vacant duty.

When was the last time you had a full office resign mate?

About 8 or 9 years ago.

Wot Weve had at least 3 at our place in that time

Our last one was SDD but even now we're sitting with 6 FT vacancies and about 8 PTs and the management won't fill them (even though we've had several disagreements about it).

[Big Daz]

The key section is

14.1 The resulting vacancy will be temporarily filled by a reserve, a surplus employee, a transferee from within the wider resourcing area or another resourcing area or by direct recruitment in line with the process above.

14.2 When the number of consequential vacancies in the resourcing unit reaches 5%, or after a period of six months following the last such exercise (if earlier), the posts will be advertised in the resourcing unit, en bloc and filled on the basis of seniority. If this results in any further vacancies, these will be filled, using the same process as above.