AGREEMENT ON RESIGNS

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Wonder if anyone could help. A DO is due to have a resign and they have asked me some questions which frankly have me stumped. Can anyone help, or is there an agreement on how duties are assigned etc:

1. How much notice does royal mail have to give when changing duty times .

2. If there is a time limit does it count from when the duties go up or from when the duty is picked.

Help


many thanks

[ashadd]

Resigns....? is that the same as a re-pick???? as in all staff picking a different walk.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Resigns....? is that the same as a re-pick???? as in all staff picking a different walk.

yes

[POSTMAN]

1: Is 28 days,ie executive action.

2:Bit confused with the question tbh,but lets say times are gonna change in 28 days then the resign will be done say a week before the new times start so the guys know what duty they are on the following week.

Also why would they have a resign just because the TOAs have changed,unless of course they have loads of duties on different TOAs.....

[Spartacus]

Way forward agreement covers "Resourcing during major change", doesn't have to be a top to bottom re-pick, some people will be allocated duties that suit their physical capabilities, some can opt out of the re-pick. It can get very complicated and causes a lot of bad feeling.

[Exrep]

TBT re-signs are dependent on whether the staff of the office want a R/S not R/M regardless of the amount of changes.

I took our re-pick to my divisional rep due to the concerns of senior postmen who thought they would be leap-frogged by less senior postmen. It was over driving duties and walk picks.

Driving duty gets picked then as in some cases the same person at the same time was picking a walk ,in effect they were having 2 picks and getting the cream of the driving duties and the walks .This wasnt acceptable to us as an office also less senior men were getting a very good walk over very senior postmen.

In our office its the reps that do the picks not management then everything is above board and no under handedness has occured.

The way we do it now is we advertise the drivng duties first go down the seniorty list and ask everyone until the driving duties have been allocated. As the driving duties in our office our 2 man sections we combine the seniority of boththen divide by 2 we then feed them back into the system.

Its is then we start the walk picks again by going down the seniority in the correct order.

In our office your given at least 7 days to study the new duties then pick but if youve been in the job a while it shouldnt take long to pick a new duty.
There are some that dont agree with this system but its the fairest i know of. Why should one person have the choice of two duties in one pick they shouldnt simples and in a re-sign you have to be fair to all not just a few.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Thanks everyone have pointed the questioner in the direction of this thread so a big thank you to all who contributed. It is very much appreciated.