Saturdays 1in6 and Recruitment Agency lies

[SouthernFerry]

I signed with Royal Mail last year on a 30hr contract

There is nothing in the contract regarding a commitment to a number of Saturdays that need to be worked.
When i applied , my discussions with the recruiter I was assured by her that i would only be working an occasional Saturday.

Obviously that is not true , im lucky to get 1 Saturday off in 6.

I recently saw an advert for Royal Mail job on Instagram which also implied that Saturday's were not the norm.

[ted_e_bear]

Sounds to me like the recruiter was a bit economical with the truth, currently on the Royal Mail jobs website postie jobs are described as requiring sat+sun working every week, I think prior to that it said something like working 5 days out of 6.

[Jefferson Starfish]

Saturdays are a normal working day, which the vast majority are expected to work most of.

[qwerty2]

I signed with Royal Mail last year on a 30hr contract

There is nothing in the contract regarding a commitment to a number of Saturdays that need to be worked.
When i applied , my discussions with the recruiter I was assured by her that i would only be working an occasional Saturday.

Obviously that is not true , im lucky to get 1 Saturday off in 6.

I recently saw an advert for Royal Mail job on Instagram which also implied that Saturday's were not the norm.

PT is normally 1 in 6 Saturdays
Few reserves in mine hardly get Saturdays off - that’s before the new contracts
Call their bluff Just tell them you want your fair share of Saturdays off or you’ll leave

[tramssirhc]

The CWU only agreed that Saturday's off was 'aspirational'. The CWU agrees the rotas so ask them why you're not getting Saturdays off.