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christmas days off

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catch22
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christmas days off

Post by catch22 »

can anyone clarify what days royal mail doe not run for over the christmas period?
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Post by DGP1 »

On delivery it's 25th and 26th December, also 1 January.
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catch22
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Post by catch22 »

what happens if your day off falls on the 25th... or the 1st jan..?
cheers
PhilthyPhil
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Post by PhilthyPhil »

You get either a day in lieu or OT
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Post by clashcityrocker »

I have never known anyone be paid o/t if their day off falls on a Bank Holiday.
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PhilthyPhil
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me neither, but it is in the agreement:



3.4 Rest days will apply in line with normal year round arrangements. Attendances may be varied by local agreement to take account of workload forecasts and service requirements. Where workload requires people can volunteer to work their normal rest day in return for a day in lieu or scheduled attendance

Where a rest day falls on a Bank Holiday (i.e. 25, 26 December or 1 January, plus 2 January in Scotland) and it is not operationally sensible to transfer the rest day to another day in the same week people will receive an additional day holiday (including those working ‘a week off in six’ or other variations on this theme) in the form of a day in lieu or alternatively the excess hours can be taken as normal overtime
DirtyHarry
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Think a lot of people will be off on Xmas eve, too.....Sickness. :whistle
edwardo
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DirtyHarry wrote:Think a lot of people will be off on Xmas eve, too.....Sickness. :whistle
phone in sick on fri 21st give management something to think about , think it will be a disaster this year
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edwardo wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:Think a lot of people will be off on Xmas eve, too.....Sickness. :whistle
phone in sick on fri 21st give management something to think about , think it will be a disaster this year
Certainly will be a disaster.
Not all of us are so dim, we don't know that Royal Mail Management will absolutely slaughter the delivery staff on the Friday, Saturday, and will show not the slightest vestige of mercy on xmas eve.
Makes me so ill thinking about it, I feel like phoning in now. :Very Happy
edwardo
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DirtyHarry wrote:
edwardo wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:Think a lot of people will be off on Xmas eve, too.....Sickness. :whistle
phone in sick on fri 21st give management something to think about , think it will be a disaster this year
Certainly will be a disaster.
Not all of us are so dim, we don't know that Royal Mail Management will absolutely slaughter the delivery staff on the Friday, Saturday, and will show not the slightest vestige of mercy on xmas eve.
Makes me so ill thinking about it, I feel like phoning in now. :Very Happy
has anyone heard of a rumour of something happening on 17 th dec regarding some kind of action
krussel
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Post by krussel »

edwardo wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:
edwardo wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:Think a lot of people will be off on Xmas eve, too.....Sickness. :whistle
phone in sick on fri 21st give management something to think about , think it will be a disaster this year
Certainly will be a disaster.
Not all of us are so dim, we don't know that Royal Mail Management will absolutely slaughter the delivery staff on the Friday, Saturday, and will show not the slightest vestige of mercy on xmas eve.
Makes me so ill thinking about it, I feel like phoning in now. :Very Happy
has anyone heard of a rumour of something happening on 17 th dec regarding some kind of action

Nope, not in my neck of the woods. :hmmmm

Packets and parcels will be the problem AGAIN this year. I predict a backlog if the weather turns nasty. :d'oh!
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
catch22
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Post by catch22 »

if my day off falls on xmas eve... can i be made to work.
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Post by Lounge Lizard »

edwardo wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:
edwardo wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:Think a lot of people will be off on Xmas eve, too.....Sickness. :whistle
phone in sick on fri 21st give management something to think about , think it will be a disaster this year
Certainly will be a disaster.
Not all of us are so dim, we don't know that Royal Mail Management will absolutely slaughter the delivery staff on the Friday, Saturday, and will show not the slightest vestige of mercy on xmas eve.
Makes me so ill thinking about it, I feel like phoning in now. :Very Happy
has anyone heard of a rumour of something happening on 17 th dec regarding some kind of action
Snowploughs out ? :shock: :shock:
DGP1
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Post by DGP1 »

catch22 wrote:if my day off falls on xmas eve... can i be made to work.
No, it's your normal day off so they can't change it (in theory anyway).
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cyberheater
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Post by cyberheater »

I'm working to my time on Xmas eve. Not a minute longer.