Scheduled attendance

[stuartG81]

could anyone tell me what this is please? my DOM was going to explain to me one day but his memory is like a seive and he forget EVERYTHING

[madelin4]

could anyone tell me what this is please? my DOM was going to explain to me one day but his memory is like a seive and he forget EVERYTHING

It is normally a collection that posties do in the afternoon, you drive around and collect mail from firms, postboxes and any postoffices, you are paid at a higher rate for s/a, tho it will all be slashed soon now also im sure!!

[johnnyp]

could anyone tell me what this is please? my DOM was going to explain to me one day but his memory is like a seive and he forget EVERYTHING

Scheduled attendance is overtime.Scheduled attendance contracts are agreed with the union and management and then put up for signing or attached to a duty in a office giving people the opportunity to earn extra money.These contracts can run for 6 months or a year or what ever is agreed locally,if management want to cease these contracts then 28 days notice must be given.
We have a few at my office,our nights are covered on S/A and 4 of our postmen work there rest days on S/A.The rate of pay is higher then normal overtime,but i cant remember what it is Also no paid meal relief is given.
Hope that explains

[stuartG81]

i was told you get it if you work your days off if this is the case i think ive worked lot of them!

guys in my DO about a month ago were getting about £400

my day off today though, and im knackered!

[madelin4]

i was told you get it if you work your days off if this is the case i think ive worked lot of them!

guys in my DO about a month ago were getting about £400

my day off today though, and im knackered!

On xmas if we worked our d/o in our office they made it worth your while and paid us s/a for the day off normally worked d/o on the 2 weeks b4 xmas, i always done it then i didnt miss any xmas tips

[johnnyp]

OVERTIME and SCHEDULED ATTENDANCE
Overtime and Scheduled Attendance will be paid at standard non-pensionable cash rates per hour. These rates will not vary according to the time of day or day of the week, except for higher rates on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Enhanced rates for SA will continue to reflect the benefits of stable and reliable cover. These will only be paid where the conditions of the existing national agreement are met (i.e. each attendance is scheduled to a nominated employee and substitute for the year, and is paid on the basis of hours actually worked, excluding breaks except on Sundays). SA will be limited to no more than 12 hours per employee in any week. Where this necessitates a review of local SA arrangements this must be completed by the implementation date.

The new adult rates (with overtime rates for employees aged 16 and 17 increased to 87.5% of these adult rates) from the date of introduction will be as follows, at 1999 rates:


Monday-Saturday: overtime £7.05 per hour (for the first 10 hours during a week)
overtime £6.81 per hour (for hours worked over 10 per week)
SA £8.50 per hour
Sunday overtime £9.50 per hour SA £9.90 per hour
Bank and Public Holiday overtime £11.73 per hour
(alternatively a day off in lieu plus payment of £7.04 per hour may be taken for Holiday attendances of more than 2 hours).
Travelling Time £6.07 per hour
Sunday overtime and SA will remain pensionable for two years after 8 May 2000. In order to protect the pension position of employees who are aged 57 or over on 6 May 2002, these employees will retain pensionability of Sunday overtime and SA, on a personal reserved rights basis, until age 60 (or the age at which they take their pension if later). The facility within existing pension rules to base final salary on the best three consecutive years out of the last ten will provide some mark-time protection to employees aged over 50.

[stuartG81]

how often is it paid out?

[johnnyp]

how often is it paid out?

The week after you perform it,so if you did 6hrs S/A this week you will be paid for it next week.It depends on your contract as well,if youve got a contract that youve signed saying that you will perform 3 hours S/A twice a week on a duty for the next 6 months then that is what you will get.There is also the S/A holiday payment that you get ,its 2 one off payments averaged out over the year,i think the lads got them in May and August.Again this payment will reflect on how much S/A you perform over the year.
Hope that helps

[simply_the_best]

i used to do quite a lot of S/A, since i told the DUM that i was doing my job properly and not wanting to do any overtime, though i was willing to do the S/A, he has not allocated me any, im not that bothered about it but is he within his rights to do so?

[POSTMAN]

Sunday overtime £9.50 per hour SA £9.90 per hour
Bank and Public Holiday overtime £11.73 per hour

[baldrick]

As I understand it SA and Sunday OT rates will not be increased under the proposed agreement.
The 5.4% rise from 1 October will only flow through to weekday (including Saturday) overtime rates.
A few years ago RM were pushing us to sign for SA as they said they wanted guaranteed resourcing. Now it seems they are looking to phase it out and replace it with overtime.