I have been instructed by my Manager that because my unit is shut on a Sunday Night over the Christmas period that I now have to attend on a Bank Holiday.
Surely if my Scheduled Attendance is a Sunday Night they cannot just change the day and also I am entitled to the Bank Holiday off like my colleagues.
Can anyone explain if SA's can be moved like this or is this another management lie.
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Glenno
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Sunday deliveries within the M25 area will continue during December in line with the agreed Joint Statement/TOR for Sunday Services.
The increase in first time delivery and the additional number of CSP open combined with more rigorous planning, mean it is anticipated that there should be no need for Sunday deliveries or re-deliveries. However, if any office finds it necessary due to a high number of undelivered items, arrangements will be made via local discussions; where discussions locally fail to resolve the matter, it will be referred to the appropriate Delivery Leaders and Divisional Representative for speedy resolution.
Processing Sunday, 24th December and Sunday, 31st December (Eves)
All processing units will operate on Sunday 24th and Sunday, 31st December to year round weekend workplan and clearance. The National network will operate as normal to provide workload for the Sunday operations. This is critical to support the joint aspiration to reduce the resource required on the resumption nights.
Sunday Collections
It is expected the requirement in previous years to collect from heavy boxes on Sundays will not be required this year. If exceptionally local knowledge of heavy boxes or the mail centre capacity plan on the following Monday indicates Sunday collections are required then staffing will be on a voluntary basis and the arrangements agreed locally.
3 Attendance and Resourcing Arrangements
3.1 Sunday, 24th December and Sunday, 31st December are not Bank Holidays and units should plan to utilize these days in line with year round planning
3.2 Monday, 25th December and Tuesday, 26th December are Christmas Day and Boxing Day Bank Holidays. There will be no USO collections or deliveries on these days.
3.3 Monday, 1st January 2018 is the designated New Year Bank Holiday (plus Tuesday, 2nd January in Scotland) There will be no USO collections or deliveries on these Bank Holidays.
3.4 In line with normal Bank Holiday arrangements, people who would normally be scheduled to work on the day of the Bank Holidays for the provision of USO collection and delivery services will not be required to attend, and not be required to make up the hours.
3.5 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. 25th, 26th December or 1st January and 2nd 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.
3.6 Local Christmas discussions/arrangements should ensure agreed staffing arrangements are in place to meet service obligations in full on Bank Holidays while maximizing opportunities to meet employee aspirations for time off (supported by traffic clearance plan Sunday, 24th December and Sunday, 31st December). To support this, discussions will utilize the full range of resourcing options, including the realignment of conditioned hours across these weeks for night shift workers. Staff required to attend within conditioned hours on Tuesday, 26th December or on Monday, 1st January (Tuesday, 2nd January in Scotland) will receive the Bank Holiday premium (currently £9.49) for each hour worked on the Bank Holidays.
3.7 In order to comply with the USO, Inland night shift operations should resume as required on Tuesday, 26th December and Monday, 1st January (Tuesday, 2nd January in Scotland) to meet service obligations. Where agreed resourcing arrangements result in attendance beyond conditioned hours, staff may either elect to receive a lieu day or the appropriate overtime rate for the additional hours.
3.8 People who volunteer and attend for overtime on Bank Holidays will receive normal Bank Holiday rates (option A or B as appropriate) for the hours worked on the Bank Holiday.
3.9 Weekend duty holders (notional full timers and people who make three or less attendances each week) will have separate scheduling arrangements based on the same principles as in previous years.
3.10 Providing resourcing is secure at their parent offices, people can volunteer for duty or additional earnings opportunities at neighbouring Parcel Sort Centres.
3.11 Local flexibility agreements and the National Pay and Modernisation agreement phase 3 annexes A and B will apply and be utilised during the Christmas period. Both parties will explore opportunities to give people time off where possible consistent with customer and operational requirements.
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I’m not sure if this will help you. Section 3.1 might be your answer, although according to this I don’t think you could be forced to work a bank holiday (section 3.3, nobody seems to be working)
The increase in first time delivery and the additional number of CSP open combined with more rigorous planning, mean it is anticipated that there should be no need for Sunday deliveries or re-deliveries. However, if any office finds it necessary due to a high number of undelivered items, arrangements will be made via local discussions; where discussions locally fail to resolve the matter, it will be referred to the appropriate Delivery Leaders and Divisional Representative for speedy resolution.
Processing Sunday, 24th December and Sunday, 31st December (Eves)
All processing units will operate on Sunday 24th and Sunday, 31st December to year round weekend workplan and clearance. The National network will operate as normal to provide workload for the Sunday operations. This is critical to support the joint aspiration to reduce the resource required on the resumption nights.
Sunday Collections
It is expected the requirement in previous years to collect from heavy boxes on Sundays will not be required this year. If exceptionally local knowledge of heavy boxes or the mail centre capacity plan on the following Monday indicates Sunday collections are required then staffing will be on a voluntary basis and the arrangements agreed locally.
3 Attendance and Resourcing Arrangements
3.1 Sunday, 24th December and Sunday, 31st December are not Bank Holidays and units should plan to utilize these days in line with year round planning
3.2 Monday, 25th December and Tuesday, 26th December are Christmas Day and Boxing Day Bank Holidays. There will be no USO collections or deliveries on these days.
3.3 Monday, 1st January 2018 is the designated New Year Bank Holiday (plus Tuesday, 2nd January in Scotland) There will be no USO collections or deliveries on these Bank Holidays.
3.4 In line with normal Bank Holiday arrangements, people who would normally be scheduled to work on the day of the Bank Holidays for the provision of USO collection and delivery services will not be required to attend, and not be required to make up the hours.
3.5 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. 25th, 26th December or 1st January and 2nd 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.
3.6 Local Christmas discussions/arrangements should ensure agreed staffing arrangements are in place to meet service obligations in full on Bank Holidays while maximizing opportunities to meet employee aspirations for time off (supported by traffic clearance plan Sunday, 24th December and Sunday, 31st December). To support this, discussions will utilize the full range of resourcing options, including the realignment of conditioned hours across these weeks for night shift workers. Staff required to attend within conditioned hours on Tuesday, 26th December or on Monday, 1st January (Tuesday, 2nd January in Scotland) will receive the Bank Holiday premium (currently £9.49) for each hour worked on the Bank Holidays.
3.7 In order to comply with the USO, Inland night shift operations should resume as required on Tuesday, 26th December and Monday, 1st January (Tuesday, 2nd January in Scotland) to meet service obligations. Where agreed resourcing arrangements result in attendance beyond conditioned hours, staff may either elect to receive a lieu day or the appropriate overtime rate for the additional hours.
3.8 People who volunteer and attend for overtime on Bank Holidays will receive normal Bank Holiday rates (option A or B as appropriate) for the hours worked on the Bank Holiday.
3.9 Weekend duty holders (notional full timers and people who make three or less attendances each week) will have separate scheduling arrangements based on the same principles as in previous years.
3.10 Providing resourcing is secure at their parent offices, people can volunteer for duty or additional earnings opportunities at neighbouring Parcel Sort Centres.
3.11 Local flexibility agreements and the National Pay and Modernisation agreement phase 3 annexes A and B will apply and be utilised during the Christmas period. Both parties will explore opportunities to give people time off where possible consistent with customer and operational requirements.
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I’m not sure if this will help you. Section 3.1 might be your answer, although according to this I don’t think you could be forced to work a bank holiday (section 3.3, nobody seems to be working)