when to prep door to doors

[k979aaa]

How do you prep door to door item's by the way because you cannot put each item in another item!. And to do them in your own time you would not be at work?. Do you all have sorting frame's at your own household's or are you being lied to by management!.

[wolfie citizen smith]

A question for my fellow workers

I know postman will love it :-)

But just confirmation on can we prep our 20% of door to door items in the duty allocated time? Our DOM says that door to doors are to be prepped in our own time.

Any thoughts??

Under SDD the 20% should have been incorpertated within your 3.5 hour delivery span, so yes it should be part of your prep time, however saying that moving from 48's under SDD to RM2000, the prep time was changed to 2 hours 28 mins, this however was on the understanding that walk sorting machines would make life easyier to enable us to prep walks within that time with breaks.
Dave Joyce's paper on this should help. See your unit health and safety rep for info

[pickaname]

My answer to the dom is if it was done in our time it would have to be voluntary, as it is not, it is done in their time. Simple as!!!

I said this to a manager and he replied that D2D's were voluntarily compulsory

I s**t you not

[madelin4]

When i was walk tested i insisted on prepping 20% of my door d2d's as part of my duty.
No No say's the tester, they are to be done in your own time.
Nuts to that i said, and produced written official confirmation.
the words Fu.k it was etched on his face.
Sometimes little victories mean so much.

And did he agree it was part of royal mails agreement?

[bexhil palace]

When i was walk tested i insisted on prepping 20% of my door d2d's as part of my duty.
No No say's the tester, they are to be done in your own time.
Nuts to that i said, and produced written official confirmation.
the words Fu.k it was etched on his face.
Sometimes little victories mean so much.

And did he agree it was part of royal mails agreement?

Yes to be fair he did,but my telling him i refuse to have my walk tested if he didn't, may have swayed him.

[DGP1]

My answer to the dom is if it was done in our time it would have to be voluntary, as it is not, it is done in their time. Simple as!!!

I said this to a manager and he replied that D2D's were voluntarily compulsory

I s**t you not

Oxy-moron

[shelanda]

or are you being lied to by management!.

Lied to by management as if!!!

[Hillbilly Jack]

I now keep copies of all the agreements I can find on my frame. Downloaded a few from on here. Very useful.
They come in very handy whenever the Dim tries it on.
He don't come near me much now LOL!

[madelin4]

Is there any downloads on procedures for cutting off to print out??

[NWpostie]

When i was walk tested i insisted on prepping 20% of my door d2d's as part of my duty.
No No say's the tester, they are to be done in your own time.
Nuts to that i said, and produced written official confirmation.
the words Fu.k it was etched on his face.
Sometimes little victories mean so much.

Can I have a copy of that sheet please , I could use it , thanks

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Is there any downloads on procedures for cutting off to print out??

there is I will track it down an post it up over the weekend,

[madelin4]

Is there any downloads on procedures for cutting off to print out??

there is I will track it down an post it up over the weekend,

Cheers TBT This is what i will be doing with my longer walk.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Is there any downloads on procedures for cutting off to print out??

there is I will track it down an post it up over the weekend,

Cheers TBT This is what i will be doing with my longer walk.

Got it - Its in the Conduct Code for some strange reason.

3 DELIVERY
3.1 PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT
a) Where an employee feels that on completion of preparation he/she may experience difficulty in completing his/her delivery within the authorised time allotted, he/she should approach
his/her manager as soon as possible before setting out on delivery. It will be for the manager to discuss any problem and advise the employee what particular action should be taken.
b) When an individual has requested assistance on delivery, but the manager feels that assistance is not required, this decision along with the advice given to the employee will be recorded and associated with the daily traffic volume records. The employee can have access to this record and may ask to see it prior to commencement of his/her delivery. In addition to recording the employee's request, the employee will be instructed to ring his/her local manager prior to a specified time or as soon as possible if full completion of delivery workload within the time allotted proves not to be possible.

3.2 AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF DELIVERY
a) If an individual is prevented from completing their delivery for any reason, it is essential that this is reported immediately either by returning to the office or by telephone (telephone costs will be refunded). A written record will be kept.
b) All employees should be informed of the local authorised arrangements, in writing, preferably in plastic card form if available.

4. GENERAL
a) Employees must be made aware that mail must NEVER be taken home at the end of a delivery. Correct endorsement procedures and correct use of the pouching off wallet, if appropriate, will avoid this.
b) Although the main aim will be to avoid the circumstances that may pose operational difficulties to an employee and to find ways of overcoming any potential problem at a very early stage, it is also important that all employees are made fully aware of the implications of delaying mail and possible consequences.
c) Measures shall be put in place to advise staff on the course of action to be taken when difficulties arise when managers are unavailable.

5. SAFEGUARDING CUSTOMER MAIL (ROYAL MAIL CONDUCT CODE)
UNEXCUSED DELAY TO MAIL
The responsibility for safeguarding the mail and giving it prompt and accurate treatment is one of the most important duties of all employees.
Various actions can cause mail to be delayed, e.g. carelessness, negligence, breach or disregard of a rule or guideline. Such instances are to be distinguished from wilful delay although they may also be treated as misconduct, and in more serious instances could also result in dismissal.
Furthermore, Royal Mail does recognise that genuine mistakes and misunderstandings do occur and it is not the intention of the Business that such cases should be dealt with under the Conduct Code beyond counselling for the isolated instance. The key is that employees should do their job to the best of their ability and, if in doubt, ask for their manager's advice and guidance.

WILFUL DELAY
Wilful delay of mail is classed as gross misconduct, which if proven could lead to dismissal. The test to determine whether actions may be considered as wilful delay is as follows:
Deliberate action taken by an employee that causes mail to be delayed is called wilful delay. Where proven, such breaches of conduct can lead to dismissal, even for a first offence; indeed Wilful Delay is a criminal offence and can result in prosecution.

[madelin4]

Your great. Ta. I will print it out . Im sure lots of others will be wanting it also. Our office is going to be a disaster!! I bet the mail will be light when pegasus comes in

[DGP1]

I think I'll have a copy of it to. It'll look good whenever I put it on the notice-board but which board should I use, the RM one or the Union one.