What is the actual rule

[Redacer]

What is the actual rule on being taken off your duty with little notice to go onto another duty with days and days of mail. This now seems to be normal practice by management.

[postman2014]

What is the actual rule on being taken off your duty with little notice to go onto another duty with days and days of mail. This now seems to be normal practice by management.

I've learnt if you do a bad job when moved you don't get moved again.... clear the work and you will certainly be moved all the time. Don't think you can argue about getting moved. Just work your hours and bring back what you can't complete.

[Frankie15]

"As required by your manager" has always been something that I've known over the years. You may have signed for a duty but you don't own it. As stated above. Work your hours, take your break and do what you can in that time

[jessicarabbit]

If it's only you that gets moved then ask the manager to start to keep a record of who has been moved and rotate the guys having to do double days. If he declines then bang in a grievance.

[redlen]

There will be no call for a grievance. For a grievance you have to show you are suffering a detriment or unfair treatment compared to your colleagues. Moving people onto different duties depends on Skillset and operational requirements. As in needs of the business during sickness and annual leave deficiency. Though I agree, they should share it within that Skillset, but nothing saying they cannot under operational requirements and within contracted hours.

[kookoo32]

"As directed' it's called in our place. As someone above said just do your hours. Wouldn't be breaking my back to clear it.

[mattick]

Years and years ago I was sent to different offices, I knew that when I got there, I'd be doing the cr*p that management couldn't cover on overtime. In the end I just started doing a terrible job, slowly got sent out less and less.
So don't get there early, always use a light weight trolley (especially for more then ones days mail), don't rush with prepping and tying up. Always tell management BEFORE typing up that you'll do your best, but you're not committed to finishing, and you want to work to your contracted hours.

[SpacePhoenix]

If you travel to work by car, you can't drive to another office that isn't your regular one. Many car insurance polices will only cover you to your REGULAR place of work

[Wolf91]

Years and years ago I was sent to different offices, I knew that when I got there, I'd be doing the cr*p that management couldn't cover on overtime. In the end I just started doing a terrible job, slowly got sent out less and less.
So don't get there early, always use a light weight trolley (especially for more then ones days mail), don't rush with prepping and tying up. Always tell management BEFORE typing up that you'll do your best, but you're not committed to finishing, and you want to work to your contracted hours.

They did it to me the first Christmas I joined for a few week. Started at my office at MY start time, got them to provide me a van to drive to said office (refused to use my own vehicle). Took a break when I was there, did the work but didn’t rush, got back to the office in time to pouch off and then also accommodate travel time back to my home DO for finish time.
In reality I was doing about 1 hour and a half/2 hours work tops.
They soon left me alone.