Martin Walsh has provided an update 24/3.

[Richie24]

I thought the CWU were notifying their members today

[Mungeys]

If we agree a naff deal to avoid administration then it should be a condition of the deal that the current Royal Mail board have to resign. They've messed up so badly it's genuinely unbelievable, they can't be allowed to lead us forward after all of this.

[rambo1]

do NOT accept some crappy deal on MY behalf ! I would rather see the board sacked and administration take place than give into them !

me too

Everyone would be out of a job. Not just the board. What don't people get about this?

[Acca Dacca]

do NOT accept some crappy deal on MY behalf ! I would rather see the board sacked and administration take place than give into them !

me too

Everyone would be out of a job. Not just the board. What don't people get about this?

I think the people advocating that DO get it

They just wouldnt want the job anyway if the bosses get their way

thousands are leaving in ther droves as it is

[rambo1]

Solidarity BS. So they would rather the 100,000 or so colleagues they have, loose a job many of them NEED in whatever incarnation they come up with, than RM getting their way?
As long as you still have a finish time the job ain't gonna change drastically. How can it?

[twoloops]

F@ck em ...... lets have a big long Easter strike

[bowie]

Correct that man,start time finish time at the end of the day a 2 hour later start will be ok with me

[CRIBMAD]

How much redundancy will I get if my company goes into administration?
For each full year you've worked for your employer, you get: up to age 22 - half a week's pay. age 22 to 40 - 1 week's pay. age 41 and older - 1.5 weeks' pay.

that's 10k for me so either way i'm not bothered (although i realise its not great for the young ones - sorry )

[Acca Dacca]

Solidarity BS. So they would rather the 100,000 or so colleagues they have, loose a job many of them NEED in whatever incarnation they come up with, than RM getting their way?
As long as you still have a finish time the job ain't gonna change drastically. How can it?

Doing our job as it is for not much more than minimum wage is a line in the sand for many nevermind any of the changes

When I started our hourly rate was about £4 maybe even £5 more than minimum wage which reflected the physical nature of the job out in the elements

Now minimum wage has caught up big time and you add in the cost of living with inflation and you have many people questioning if this is a job worth keeping

[Cucumber]

Still getting kept in the dark about what is unacceptable

[2yearpostie]

How much redundancy will I get if my company goes into administration?
For each full year you've worked for your employer, you get: up to age 22 - half a week's pay. age 22 to 40 - 1 week's pay. age 41 and older - 1.5 weeks' pay.

that's 10k for me so either way i'm not bothered (although i realise its not great for the young ones - sorry )

Um, you do realise if the company goes under,


If your employer is insolvent
You can claim some of the money your employer owes you from the Redundancy Payments Service - this is a government service. You can claim:

up to 8 weeks’ unpaid wages
pay for annual leave - including annual leave you were owed but didn’t take
statutory notice pay
statutory redundancy pay - check if you’re entitled to statutory redundancy pay
Your unpaid wages include any statutory payments you should have been paid, for example statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay.

There’s a maximum amount you can get for a week's unpaid wages or annual leave. If your employment ended on or after 6 April 2022, you can’t claim more than £571 for each week. If your employment ended between 6 April 2021 and 5 April 2022, you can’t claim more than £544.

[ihatedogs]

A 500 year old public service & it's taken Vince Cable & his pals less than 10 years to bring it to it's knees.
An absolute disgrace.

[rambo1]

How much redundancy will I get if my company goes into administration?
For each full year you've worked for your employer, you get: up to age 22 - half a week's pay. age 22 to 40 - 1 week's pay. age 41 and older - 1.5 weeks' pay.

that's 10k for me so either way i'm not bothered (although i realise its not great for the young ones - sorry )

As royal mail comes under the banner of IDS, who also have GLS and a few other companies, would just the royal mail bit going into administration trigger the same payout?

[walthmstowman]

A 500 year old public service & it's taken Vince Cable & his pals less than 10 years to bring it to it's knees.
An absolute disgrace.

Everything the Union warned us what could happen has pretty much happened.

[Nickvilla20]

How much redundancy will I get if my company goes into administration?
For each full year you've worked for your employer, you get: up to age 22 - half a week's pay. age 22 to 40 - 1 week's pay. age 41 and older - 1.5 weeks' pay.

that's 10k for me so either way i'm not bothered (although i realise its not great for the young ones - sorry )

Um, you do realise if the company goes under, there is no money to pay redundancy so you leave empty handed with nothing...

The company won’t go under as you say the government can’t lets its postal service to go bust.

Politically it would be a disaster for the government too.

You would probably end up with a government bailout who would then end up selling it on at a loss like it did with Lloyd’s bank.