pt contract

[postiemids]

i have now been working for royal mail for 2 years is there anything in the rules sayng i should be made up to part time permanent surely after 2 years service i should be i ask the dom and he spins me no need

[Postman Plodd]

What does your rep have to say on the matter?

[POSTMAN]

A National Agreement between Royal Mail and CWU

3.2 Royal Mail employees will be employed on permanent contracts, except where there is a genuine short term need identified. CWU will be consulted in advance where there is any such requirement. Temporary contracts will not exceed two years unless it has been jointly agreed that there are very exceptional circumstances. The position of temporary contract employees will be kept under regular review by the local parties, with a view to converting to permanent contracts where and when possible. Additionally, where change programmes have been completed and bedded in, the status of temporary contract employees will be reviewed and converted to permanent contracts unless there is no need for this additional resourcing or where there is an identified and agreed need to continue with a fixed term contract. Royal Mail confirms that as part of the review of this agreement, it is the aspiration to reduce the length of temporary contracts to no more than one year.

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[markis]

As far as I'm aware, the government changed this rule, for all employees, not just RM and you now have to wait 4 yrs.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

As far as I'm aware, the government changed this rule, for all employees, not just RM and you now have to wait 4 yrs.

Not quite - the 4 year limit for Temporary Staff is the statutory limit - Royal Mail have an agreement (as posted by Postman) that is better than that, however, they are ignoring it, hence the advice to go to ADR.

[postiemids]

i shall ring the adr later and let yu know how i get on

[postiemids]

i shall ring the adr later and let yu know how i get on

spoke to adr snd asll he said there was a big meeting on thursday about this issue felt a bit fobbed off to be honest