Yeah I had this problem and emailed Bob Gibson. He confirmed that the 1996 (i think, u can download from cwu site) agreement is still the current one.
In that agreement it is explicitly stated that D2D is prepped WITHIN duty time and indeed that sufficient time should be given to allow D2D to be prepped within duty time. So the situation is as clear as that - it is RM work and is done within your hours and the duty should be created with d2d time included.
One side issue with that is that if you DO find you are running out of time to complete delivery after you start prepping d2d in duty time you CAN NOT say 'I had to prep d2d and it has made me late so I am cutting off'. Simply don't mention d2d. Cite the real reason which is high mail volume or walk too long. This is because the same agreement says d2d cannot be cited as an issue with regards to round completion.
Cheers.
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islfor wrote:This topic never goes away....it really f**ks me right off.
D2D IS DONE IN DUTY TIME........how many more times do I need to post this in the forums
alright chill your beans fella!!!!
just asking and if you looked it's already been answered! but thanks for your input anyhow
Yes, but royal mail managers will say its your own time!! i have had this argument many many times, and in the end i ended up just using part of my break for an easier life!! Our union man is on a disagreement about it.
Well according to another poster, if we increase D2D then it will save full time jobs! I'm still waiting for a reply to the query that if the prep and delivery of D2Ds is already part of the delivery spec where are we gaining if the increase is from 3 to 5 with the fall in volumes and mech prep taking up more than the time gained?
madelin4 wrote:Yes, but royal mail managers will say its your own time!! i have had this argument many many times, and in the end i ended up just using part of my break for an easier life!! Our union man is on a disagreement about it.
Please get hold of the D2D agreement that s in force now and shove it in your DIM's face.
I noticed you did 10 minutes putting D2D in your frame this morning you should prep these in your own time.
I said ok (could not be bothered with a fight that day for a change) left the office and carried on as usual next day putting in frame my d2d's. 3 months later guess what nothing has been said. Its all about them trying it on.
tiredwalker wrote:Our DOM called me in the office one day and said
I noticed you did 10 minutes putting D2D in your frame this morning you should prep these in your own time.
I said ok (could not be bothered with a fight that day for a change) left the office and carried on as usual next day putting in frame my d2d's. 3 months later guess what nothing has been said. Its all about them trying it on.
Sorry for being obtuse-but if we prep d.t.d's in our OWN time-how is that going to save jobs?
tiredwalker wrote:Our DOM called me in the office one day and said
I noticed you did 10 minutes putting D2D in your frame this morning you should prep these in your own time.
I said ok (could not be bothered with a fight that day for a change) left the office and carried on as usual next day putting in frame my d2d's. 3 months later guess what nothing has been said. Its all about them trying it on.
Sorry for being obtuse-but if we prep d.t.d's in our OWN time-how is that going to save jobs?
Exactly, there is an allowance for 20% to be completed each day in duty time.