I'm new to this board, but I would like to know what holiday entitlement I should have if I run a sub post office branch. I work full time, and am completely knackered. From what I understand now, I have to PAY someone to relieve me? How can I afford to take a break if I pay someone to cover my days off?
Welcome will move this to the PO forum,and will point out your query to another subbie in there.
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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.
I'm afraid you do have to pay for an approved Sub Office relief, and they are like hens teeth, and they aint cheap, you can expect to pay £80 per day or higher.
POL do have a scheme that enables you to claim a substitution allowance, this is payable at a rate of around £38 a day, this helps but the main cost is down to you, if you contact Payroll they will tell you the exact figure and send you all the forms you need to apply to have your relief approved.
If you are a member of the Postmasters Federation, your local rep will probably have a list of names who are approved and trusted reliefs, I say trusted because not only do you have to pay for the relief you also have to take complete responsibility for whatever the relief gets up to!! So if you are not a Fed member I suggest you join. If you are a very small office it might be possible to close in order to take a Holiday, again a Fed rep will help you with this.
Oh my God! How did they get away with this? I think it's really disgusting because basically, I'm earning about 17,500 and need to take time off - and I have to pay to do so? This is bonkers. Surely there is some legislation about this - I'd like to know how the PO can justify it - especially when there are only two people running a post office with no regular part time relief staff.
If you " run a sub post office branch " then surely that is your own business ( albeit with a given income from Post Office Limited ) so holiday cover, pension contributions, building maintenance and insurance, etc. would logically be your responsibility.
