Reward & Performance Director
Royal Mail · Full-time
Mar 2022 - Present · 2 mos
Hi, I'm Adrian Porter, the director of rewarding performance here at the royal mail group.
Understandably, there has been a lot of speculation on workplace and other forums at the moment about the pay talks.
I've seen people expressing concern that there is a plan to take all allowances and supplements away.
I want to say up front that there are no plans to remove all allowances and supplements, it is simply not true, also, I want to point out that at this stage, we haven't actually shared any details with the CWU on this or other elements of the pay deal.
It's really important that we do this first because that's how we've agreed to work together, and we want to stick to that agreement, plus we really value their input.
What it does mean is that we can't yet say what it might mean for you personally, so please bear with us.
What we can say now is that we would like to simplify our approach to pay, our aim is to create a pay structure that is simpler, more consistent for all our employees and make pay easier to understand.
For example, currently around half our front line delivery employees do not get any allowances at all, and that is what we will be discussing with the CWUas part of the talks.
If we are going to make changes to some allowances and supplements, we do not see that there is a one size fits all solution, and we will look to agreed solutions with the CWU that are not financially detrimental to you.
These opportunities could include consolidation, lump sum buyout, simplification, or simply retain them as they are.
So the three things to take away from this message are number one, we are definitely not going to remove all allowances and supplements, number two, we want to talk to the CWU about this first, and lastly, we will keep you regularly updated on how the talks are progressing.