27 Mar 2019, 11:23
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27 Mar 2019, 18:24
As an agency worker, if you work 12 weeks in a row for Royal Mail (and so meet the qualifying period of service under the Agency Worker Regulations), you are entitled to be paid for holiday over and above the 28 day minimum holiday amount which you receive in the first 12 weeks of an assignment (additional holiday). The actual amount of additional holiday you receive will vary depending on the particular role you are working in. Currently you are paid for additional holiday through an enhancement to your hourly rate. We have received feedback that this method of paying for holiday is leading to confusion and to some agency workers thinking they are not being paid for the holiday they are entitled to. We are therefore removing the enhancement to your hourly rate for additional holiday. Instead, you will be paid for holiday when you take your holiday. This change will come into effect from 1 April 2019.
27 Mar 2019, 18:57
Lockardian wrote:There’s nothing in the email I received that states we will get the same break entitlement as Royal Mail, only that our breaks will be paid. Currently at my mail centre the RM staff get an hour’s paid break for a 7.5hr nightshift, but Angard only get 30 minutes. I can’t see this changing - or will it?
Also, regarding holiday, I’m unsure how to interpret this:As an agency worker, if you work 12 weeks in a row for Royal Mail (and so meet the qualifying period of service under the Agency Worker Regulations), you are entitled to be paid for holiday over and above the 28 day minimum holiday amount which you receive in the first 12 weeks of an assignment (additional holiday). The actual amount of additional holiday you receive will vary depending on the particular role you are working in. Currently you are paid for additional holiday through an enhancement to your hourly rate. We have received feedback that this method of paying for holiday is leading to confusion and to some agency workers thinking they are not being paid for the holiday they are entitled to. We are therefore removing the enhancement to your hourly rate for additional holiday. Instead, you will be paid for holiday when you take your holiday. This change will come into effect from 1 April 2019.
27 Mar 2019, 19:27
Lockardian wrote:There’s nothing in the email I received that states we will get the same break entitlement as Royal Mail, only that our breaks will be paid. Currently at my mail centre the RM staff get an hour’s paid break for a 7.5hr nightshift, but Angard only get 30 minutes. I can’t see this changing - or will it?
27 Mar 2019, 23:02
28 Mar 2019, 19:35
28 Mar 2019, 20:06
rogersh wrote:“In the way forward agreement we have commitments of between 5 & 7 hours people get 30 minutes & then between 7 & 8.59 minutes they get 40 minutes breaks. Within the mail centres & RDC’s we’ve built in a relaxation allowance its roughly 13 per cent but it does change depending on the nature of the job...
Contact with HR should confirm this statement.
28 Mar 2019, 20:56
Lockardian wrote:rogersh wrote:“In the way forward agreement we have commitments of between 5 & 7 hours people get 30 minutes & then between 7 & 8.59 minutes they get 40 minutes breaks. Within the mail centres & RDC’s we’ve built in a relaxation allowance its roughly 13 per cent but it does change depending on the nature of the job...
Contact with HR should confirm this statement.
Does this apply to both Angard AWR and Royal Mail? ATM Royal Mail staff are getting more breaks than this (a full hour for a 7.5hr-8hr shift). Are the additional breaks “discretionary”? It appears RM staff get the discretionary breaks and Angard staff don’t.
Like I said above, because our shift has no fixed end time we appear to be getting the 30 minutes for the 6.5hr shift but no additional break if this becomes a 7hr shift or longer. It wasn’t so much an issue when breaks were unpaid, but now we are effectively getting a pay cut if we don’t get the allocated breaks for the length of shift.
When you say HR will clarify, do you mean Royal Mail HR? As agency staff, we are told to take this up with our contact at Angard.
28 Mar 2019, 23:48
29 Mar 2019, 07:16
rogersh wrote:Providing an agency worker with 28 days’ holiday and half-hour rest breaks when comparable permanent employees were entitled to 30.5 days’ holiday
rogersh wrote:and he was entitled to 28 days’ annual leave compared to direct recruits’ 30.5 days.
29 Mar 2019, 07:28
Lockardian wrote:I’ve dropped Angard an email to see if they can clarify anything regarding breaks - but not holding my breath.
As for holiday entitlement, does this mean we will accrue more hours than previously? I’m still unsure how to interpret the part of the email regarding this.
I also assume “overtime rates” which previously kicked in after 34hrs40mins will now not apply until more hours have been worked.
29 Mar 2019, 07:50
tabact wrote:30.5 includes the 8 bank holidays, we were only getting 20 days holiday.
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