Royal Mail and Unite agree pay deal

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Royal Mail has announced today (13 June) that, following further talks, it has reached a negotiators’ agreement with Unite on the 2015 and 2016 pay awards for junior and middle managers in Royal Mail Group (excluding Parcelforce Worldwide).

The pay offer is still subject to a ballot by Unite members, but the union will recommend that its members accept the pay offer.

The main terms of the pay offer are:

1.6% increase to basic pay, flowing through to allowances, regional pay and overtime from September 2015;

A further 1.3% applied on the same basis from September 2016;

Managers in HRS and broadband grades will have their pay awards applied using the standard practice for those populations.

If the August 2016 RPI figure is outside the range of 1.05% to 1.55%, either party may seek further discussions for the September 2016 pay award.

The next pay review will be due in September 2017.

As a result of this agreement, Unite has suspended its work to rule, overtime ban and other potential industrial action with immediate effect. The union will now be putting the proposed agreement to its members in a ballot as soon as arrangements can be made.