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CONTRACT QUESTION

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Tatts2021
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CONTRACT QUESTION

Post by Tatts2021 »

hi all

I've done 10 years service as a postman and decided to leave to try something else which didn't work out im now wanting to go back to royal mail and I've read that if you left for less than a six month period (i left for 4 months) then royal mail will reinstate me on my old contract with the same terms and conditions
can anyone please advise me on this ?

thanks very much
clashcityrocker
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Re: CONTRACT QUESTION

Post by clashcityrocker »

Only if there were extenuating circumstances.
If the climate was a bank, they would already have saved it.
Tatts2021
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Re: CONTRACT QUESTION

Post by Tatts2021 »

Any union reps on here that can confirm this and offer advice please ??
qwerty2
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Re: CONTRACT QUESTION

Post by qwerty2 »

Tatts2021 wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 21:39
Any union reps on here that can confirm this and offer advice please ??
Advice from union reps :left: :left:
ted_e_bear
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Re: CONTRACT QUESTION

Post by ted_e_bear »

Tatts2021 wrote:
26 Oct 2025, 21:39
Any union reps on here that can confirm this and offer advice please ??
I'm not a union rep but I can confirm the second you leave the building that's it end of.

(Iirc It's in the way forward agreement from 2000)

As someone else said if the circumstances were something like you had to leave to look after a dying relative that can be taken into consideration but it isn't the case here

Good news though you do keep the extra holiday entitlement built up.
postmanplod2025
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Re: CONTRACT QUESTION

Post by postmanplod2025 »

why on earth would u come back to this shitshow are u well?
Tatts2021
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Re: CONTRACT QUESTION

Post by Tatts2021 »

postmanplod2025 wrote:
28 Oct 2025, 08:41
why on earth would u come back to this shitshow are u well?
Your a bundle of joy mate hahaha