Allowances

[Stormproof]

Thanks Johnnypick, I did bring it up in a conversation with some managers this morning, they looked at me blankly, then one of them said, IF i'm entitled to it only the early turn callers would get it in there pay ,(looks for emoticon of a mushroom-left in dark and fed s**t)
I do both early/late shift, infact the late shift is a worse duty as basically you're on your own. Went to the CWU room but no one there, will try again tomorrow.

[ROCKY]

callers office at our place was a phg job but over the years has turned into light duties/spare man job as the phg people have retired moved on etc however country wide i know people are getting training officer/respnosibilty pay for doing the job, check with the d/o s around you and see what there staff are getting sometimes its paid just to cover the job but be carefull when quoting people because its 50/50 as to weather you should be getting extra pay or they should not be

[Stormproof]

I've got one of our Union Reps on the case, hes checking some paperwork, hopefully it will be good news.

[bigsharkboy]

asked our late phg who locks up and answers the phone and makes sure all collections are covered and he gets the leadership allowance

if you think you are entitled to it speak to a rep and work out how much you are owned

i be tempted to put in a claim anyway regardless see what happens

good luck

[Stormproof]

Being in a large MC I don't cover the collection part of things. Basically my duty is to Open/Close Office, answer phone, serve irate customers, British Gas parts, sort surcharge/customs items cash handling and deal with the posties when they get back, more is being added to our duty each week. Our callers office is open 12 hours a day and we don't get alot of back up off the Managers (delivery office is other end of building so Managers don't come and bother us too much as its a 10 min walk & very rarely they answer the phone). I'm hoping the allowance thing works out aswell, finding it hard to make ends meet on a flat week all the time.

[POSTMAN]

I had a word with my phg's today and although they know about it they don't get it.
Reading through the thread am i right in saying that it's pratically automatic that they should get it.
As,apart from us being on the vans now they have always been alone in the office and lock up ect

[Stormproof]

It all seems very vague to me, perhaps a money saving scheme, if people don't know about it, then it saves RM money.

[axeman]

k66yla off topic but totaly agree with your sentiments on' h,mail 'yes it's run by managers dare say they have a room somewhere full of r.m managers they change arround at intervals it's intention is a union busting site as i see it

[Stormproof]

I have no intentions of ever going back to that site, biased, one sided, mis-management are the words that spring to mind, sound familiar :cfo :lfo

[greenpeppers]

just wondering how many p/t posties doing in fact full time hours get an early shift allOWANCE???
the pro rata is £7.19 for 22,5hrs contract...they owe 1000s of £££ in our office...

[Stormproof]

Got a phone call off one of our Union Reps today, he checked the 'way forward' agreement and I'm not entitled to any allowances for working in Callers

[POSTMAN]

Got a phone call off one of our Union Reps today, he checked the 'way forward' agreement and I'm not entitled to any allowances for working in Callers

How come,others on here are,i'm confused now!

[Stormproof]

So am I

[drb]

You should really get a mixed shift allowance.If you are alone in the building in the afternoon
than that is a breach of Health & Safety as there should be two or more.I think you could have a case for
Leadership allowance though.

[POSTMAN]

Ok,what about 3 phg's in one building,how does that work.