helping a small office

[torres]

1.are you still allowed to carry days over to the following years annual leave.my manager says no.
2.we are being told to lapse a duty this monday.(it is split unfairly before we start)the main reason is because one of our staff is going to another office for the week.another member of staff has the day off on monday and doesn't know why.should we tell manager no?
3.has any offices in scotland been told to lose 3.4% of their office hours.we were losing 6 hours a week now manager's been told to lose 27 hours instead.manager says this is happening in scotland.is this true?
4.a full timer has retired this week.what is the correct way for someone getting the round.seniorority down the list?manager says it will be temporay full time.he want a part timer to do it.is this correct.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

1.are you still allowed to carry days over to the following years annual leave.my manager says no.
2.we are being told to lapse a duty this monday.(it is split unfairly before we start)the main reason is because one of our staff is going to another office for the week.another member of staff has the day off on monday and doesn't know why.should we tell manager no?
3.has any offices in scotland been told to lose 3.4% of their office hours.we were losing 6 hours a week now manager's been told to lose 27 hours instead.manager says this is happening in scotland.is this true?
4.a full timer has retired this week.what is the correct way for someone getting the round.seniorority down the list?manager says it will be temporay full time.he want a part timer to do it.is this correct.

1. Yes you can carry over up to 5 days - more at managers discretion.

Way Forward Agreement 2000 says:

Carrying leave into another year

Annual leave should generally be taken in the year that it is due, and the business expects all employees to
have at least four weeks away from work every year. However up to one week (or 5 odd days) may be carried
over into the next leave year, and up to five days may be anticipated during the last month of the previous
leave year. Transfer of leave in excess of these limits requires written permission from the line manager,
except that leave that cannot be taken due to sick leave may be allowed in the following year. Where this is
granted and would reduce the annual leave taken in a particular leave year to less than four weeks, the
individual must also confirm in writing that they are willing to voluntarily forgo their statutory leave
entitlement under the Working Time Regulations 1998.

Way Forward Agreement 2000
Section 4. ANNUAL LEAVE

2. Yes he can tell you to lapse if duty time permits. All overtime is voluntary so if the combined tasks take you over your time then ask the manager what you should do. He could try to invoke the flexibility 30 minutes but this is for unseen operational reasons (Machine breakdown, van breakdown, roof falling in (Sheffield)) and he cannot use it as the situation you have described is not unforeseen.

3. Pass - I am not in Scotland But it sounds similar to what is happening all over not just Scotland.

4. I was going to copy it but its too long - again its the Way Forward Agreement (and any amendments) that has the policy on this http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... rd#p295023" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Page 27 I think is the page you need to check.

[roger]

1.are you still allowed to carry days over to the following years annual leave.my manager says no.
2.we are being told to lapse a duty this monday.(it is split unfairly before we start)the main reason is because one of our staff is going to another office for the week.another member of staff has the day off on monday and doesn't know why.should we tell manager no?
3.has any offices in scotland been told to lose 3.4% of their office hours.we were losing 6 hours a week now manager's been told to lose 27 hours instead.manager says this is happening in scotland.is this true?
4.a full timer has retired this week.what is the correct way for someone getting the round.seniorority down the list?manager says it will be temporay full time.he want a part timer to do it.is this correct.

The Manager can leave the duty vacant for 6 months or until there are 5% vacancies in your unit ,what ever comes first.When it is advertised it would be on seniority unless there are surplus OPGs in your office.

[ass asin]

on question 4 can they not do what they please under the terms of the u.s.o and leave it vacant?
on question 3 what has your iwt spewed out?

[rolf]

We have 3 offices in 1, on tuesdays we lapse 80 hours 10 duties and the rest of week mon and wed to sat we lapse 40 hours per day 5 duties, manager still pushes it we are actually getting a backbone recently telling not any more.

[Judgee]

We have 4 empty full time rounds on my section alone at work and over 20 in the whole office since many people left through EVR. Many empty duties they use as lapsing. Some have been vacant for over a year now without going up for signing. I guess management can pretty much do what they like now