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will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
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GHOSTman
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will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
With talk of the 4 day week being made available nationally in the new agreement I was wondering if my annual leave will stretch further if I only work 4 days a week.
I currently get 23.5 days a year. On a 5 day week this gives me 4 weeks + 3.5 days leave.
If i'm on the 4 day week does that mean my 23.5 days will give me 5 weeks and 3.5 days due to me only using 4 days for a weeks leave?
I'm not sure. someone told me your leave might be adjusted pro-rata. can anyone let me know. cheers?
I currently get 23.5 days a year. On a 5 day week this gives me 4 weeks + 3.5 days leave.
If i'm on the 4 day week does that mean my 23.5 days will give me 5 weeks and 3.5 days due to me only using 4 days for a weeks leave?
I'm not sure. someone told me your leave might be adjusted pro-rata. can anyone let me know. cheers?
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POSTMAN
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
It goes 19.5 days,which is 4 weeks and 3.5days.
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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jobies
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
How does this work if you buy the right to 6weeks holiday ? Is it just the same ?
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fishtank
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
jobies wrote:How does this work if you buy the right to 6weeks holiday ? Is it just the same ?
If your on 4 day week 1 week=4days 6 weeks=24 days
If your on 5 day week 1 week=5days 6 weeks=30 days
Simple.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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Carnoustie
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
Nice try GHOSTman. But if your theory was correct, don't you think everybody would be banging on the DIMs door, begging to go on a 4-day week ?GHOSTman wrote: If i'm on the 4 day week does that mean my 23.5 days will give me 5 weeks and 3.5 days due to me only using 4 days for a weeks leave?
You still get the same TOTAL leave entitlement, in terms of days. They just show it as 4/5ths of what a 5-day week person would get, I think.
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GHOSTman
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
Damn! ....and i would have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids.Carnoustie wrote:Nice try GHOSTman. But if your theory was correct, don't you think everybody would be banging on the DIMs door, begging to go on a 4-day week ?GHOSTman wrote: If i'm on the 4 day week does that mean my 23.5 days will give me 5 weeks and 3.5 days due to me only using 4 days for a weeks leave?
You still get the same TOTAL leave entitlement, in terms of days. They just show it as 4/5ths of what a 5-day week person would get, I think.
So if I were to buy extra leave to take me up to the 6 weeks ...I'd still only get 6 weeks!
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POSTMAN
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
LOL it's a bummer aint it.GHOSTman wrote:Damn! ....and i would have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids.Carnoustie wrote:Nice try GHOSTman. But if your theory was correct, don't you think everybody would be banging on the DIMs door, begging to go on a 4-day week ?GHOSTman wrote: If i'm on the 4 day week does that mean my 23.5 days will give me 5 weeks and 3.5 days due to me only using 4 days for a weeks leave?
You still get the same TOTAL leave entitlement, in terms of days. They just show it as 4/5ths of what a 5-day week person would get, I think.![]()
So if I were to buy extra leave to take me up to the 6 weeks ...I'd still only get 6 weeks!
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Captain Scarlet
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
We enquired about 4 day weeks and sector manager said to area rep...I don,t think that is going to happen
the tossa has already made up his mind even before the deal is dry, well we will see about that mr manager sir 
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POSTMAN
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
London are going through the motions to get their 4 day weeks back,once that is sorted,that should be used as a blue print for the rest of the UK.Captain Scarlet wrote:We enquired about 4 day weeks and sector manager said to area rep...I don,t think that is going to happenthe tossa has already made up his mind even before the deal is dry, well we will see about that mr manager sir
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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midvillain
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
apparently we're going to be looking at it in work time learning next week, and finding out people's preferences for different working hours. fingers crossed for this too, i could happily do four ten hour days.
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k979aaa
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
NO as one week is 24 27 30 35 40 hours all weeks are based on contracts i only get 5 and 1 day!.
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Carnoustie
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
Or you be lucky like a mate of mine. He bought the extra leave for a couple of years, then changed his mind.GHOSTman wrote:
So if I were to buy extra leave to take me up to the 6 weeks ...I'd still only get 6 weeks!
The deductions from his pay stopped, but ...
if your DIM's as dim as our DIM, he still allocates you 24 days... which for a 4-day week person, is 6 weeks leave
Not very often somebody gets one over on RM, so
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GHOSTman
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
Carnoustie wrote:Or you be lucky like a mate of mine. He bought the extra leave for a couple of years, then changed his mind.GHOSTman wrote:
So if I were to buy extra leave to take me up to the 6 weeks ...I'd still only get 6 weeks!
The deductions from his pay stopped, but ...
if your DIM's as dim as our DIM, he still allocates you 24 days... which for a 4-day week person, is 6 weeks leave![]()
Not very often somebody gets one over on RM, so![]()
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Nice one!
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pinstripe
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
When the 4 day week was first discussed after the 2007 agreement, I asked if part time staff would be offered it. Guess what...No.
So, if an office goes to a 4 day week, will the part timers still have to work 5 days?
I don't want to turn this into a f/t versus p/t post, but why should any part timer vote to accept this when it is of no benefit to them? Part timers are treated shamefully by RM, and usually forgotten by the CWU, but make up an increasing number of CWU members, so where is the carrot for them, we've already had the stick.
So, if an office goes to a 4 day week, will the part timers still have to work 5 days?
I don't want to turn this into a f/t versus p/t post, but why should any part timer vote to accept this when it is of no benefit to them? Part timers are treated shamefully by RM, and usually forgotten by the CWU, but make up an increasing number of CWU members, so where is the carrot for them, we've already had the stick.
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el_cartero
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Re: will my leave stretch further on the 4 day week?
i want 4 on 4 off... also as part timer but.....
would that mean a reduction in contract hours?
would that mean a reduction in contract hours?
one day part timers will have the same right as full timers