RE: REDEPLOYMENT DUE TO ILL HEALTH

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No: 161/16
Ref: PTC/CM/dj/409

Date: 15 March 2016

TO: ALL BRANCHES WITH POSTAL MEMBERS

Dear Colleague,

RE: REDEPLOYMENT DUE TO ILL HEALTH – MOTION 40 - POSTAL CONFERENCE 2015

Motion 40 reproduced below was carried at Postal Conference 2015.

MOTION 40

This Conference instructs the Postal Executive that a review of IHR Agreement is carried out due to the mismanagement of the agreed process and lack of real engagement to find alternative work and in some cases management seeking IHR when a reasonable adjustment has already been agreed and the member has not been absent due to this adjustment.
South and East Thames Amal

The department have held discussions with Royal Mail and have negotiated a redeployment due to ill health guide for managers.

Please find attached a Joint Statement between Royal Mail and the CWU.

The full guide is also attached to this LTB.

The main points of the guide are:-

Managers have to exhaust all other options, including reasonable adjustment within their own office, prior to looking at redeployment.

Member(s) have an input into what work they can / cannot perform.

Managers have to email offices and get responses when looking for redeployment – not just verbal confirmation.

Managers have to search for at least 4 weeks for alternative work for redeployment prior to ill health retirement.

Managers have to set up ‘vacancy alerts’ for our member(s).

Any enquiries should be addressed to PTCS department, quoting reference PTC/RE/dj/409.
Email address: djeffery@cwu.org

Yours sincerely

Carl Maden
Acting Assistant Secretary