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318,s. ARE THEY STILL NEEDED

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318,s. ARE THEY STILL NEEDED

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WELL,HERE WE ARE 1 YEAR INTO PARK AND LOOP AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR A 318 !!!! IS THIS A RECORD ?
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shaun1965 wrote:WELL,HERE WE ARE 1 YEAR INTO PARK AND LOOP AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR A 318 !!!! IS THIS A RECORD ?
you wont get one
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Ours were put into walk logs just before p&l came in,being a reserve i find them very useful since start times and amount of IPS differs with each walk.
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Never get this,of course you should have 318's,it's part of the revision process.
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HAVE BEEN ONTO THE MANAGER AND UNION REP FOR MONTHS AND STILL NOTHING,TOLD BY LINO THAT WE NOW HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE IN WHAT WE DO SO A 318 IS NOT REQUIRED.IS THEIR A PART OF THE WAY FORWARD AGREEMENT THAT I CAN QUOTE THAT SAYS IT IS MANDATORY?
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shaun1965 wrote:HAVE BEEN ONTO THE MANAGER AND UNION REP FOR MONTHS AND STILL NOTHING,TOLD BY LINO THAT WE NOW HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE IN WHAT WE DO SO A 318 IS NOT REQUIRED.IS THEIR A PART OF THE WAY FORWARD AGREEMENT THAT I CAN QUOTE THAT SAYS IT IS MANDATORY?
Our P318s have disappeared from the floor we are told flexibility is the driving force now
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I don't think I have seen a 318 for about 10 years.
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clashcityrocker wrote:I don't think I have seen a 318 for about 10 years.
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clashcityrocker wrote:I don't think I have seen a 318 for about 10 years.
Work as instructed.
Same here. :sad:
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Post by Talell »

come in and hide in a corner (for best effect the canteen), and when you get caught, if they try to give you into trouble, simply say, "my 318 doesn't tell me what to do, so I assumed that I was only to make myself available at the office".

Obviously they'll mump and moan, but politely remind them that you are still due a meal relief because the time spent in 'period of availability' counts as working time, not rest.

You'll have 318's by the end of the week.
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whats a 318 can you imagine a new 318 7 am on the inward sorting 9am through in your walk 915am on the lapsing absorbing 930am your break 1010 am out on delivery
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318s have now been superceeded by the WPQs, walk logs, work plan and WRAP stuff haven't they. But basically they are the same as a 318 as they describe what happens during the working day, they go into as much detail as a 318 did, perhaps even more, just that they are no longer centralised into 1 document.

So calling it all a 318 is far easier than listing all the relevant documents.
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