RMCtv : Simon 'Sick pay policy to be looked at'

[norris9]

How about allowing Posties to purchase a much higher annual leave than just topping up to 6 weeks. The job is exhausting, causes injuries, so allow workers to purchase more time off. Walking the distances we do I think we actually deserve more paid annual leave to rest and recover, but they will obviously never do this, so they should instead allow us to purchase more weeks off.

Would any extra over 6 weeks actually be usable, when many offices already have staff carrying over AL into the following leave year

I don't know. I would doubt it as everyone can top up to 6 weeks annual leave by paying for it....but how many people actually buy annual leave, I doubt many Posties do. So you would assume they'd be weeks spare.

[HTPostman]

How about allowing Posties to purchase a much higher annual leave than just topping up to 6 weeks. The job is exhausting, causes injuries, so allow workers to purchase more time off. Walking the distances we do I think we actually deserve more paid annual leave to rest and recover, but they will obviously never do this, so they should instead allow us to purchase more weeks off.

Would any extra over 6 weeks actually be usable, when many offices already have staff carrying over AL into the following leave year

I’ve always found this bit interesting - carrying over AL is only by agreement between employer and worker. So for example Bob who doesn’t agree to carry over his AL and wants to take it before the end of the leave period, what happens then?

[SpacePhoenix]

How about allowing Posties to purchase a much higher annual leave than just topping up to 6 weeks. The job is exhausting, causes injuries, so allow workers to purchase more time off. Walking the distances we do I think we actually deserve more paid annual leave to rest and recover, but they will obviously never do this, so they should instead allow us to purchase more weeks off.

Would any extra over 6 weeks actually be usable, when many offices already have staff carrying over AL into the following leave year

I’ve always found this bit interesting - carrying over AL is only by agreement between employer and worker. So for example Bob who doesn’t agree to carry over his AL and wants to take it before the end of the leave period, what happens then?

If there's no leave slots left, then it's just tough, the AL will have to be carried over

[Woody Guthrie]

If there's no leave slots left, then it's just tough, the AL will have to be carried over

It's not tough, it's an automatic greivance.
It's actually breach of contract.

If there aren't any leave slots left then they'll just have to open more up and if that means paying out overtime then that's what's tough, leave slots are not written in stone, Moses didn't bring them down after talking to a burning bush.

How weak is your Mailcentre FFS.

[POSTMAN]

Annual leave planning in the stickies in the union room.

[guardianangel]

My wife is getting £140 a month bonus at the moment for not going sick in the NHS.

[Clappedoutpostie]

My wife is getting £140 a month bonus at the moment for not going sick in the NHS.

A bonus penalises people who are sick though.

[fentontfox]

A complete, cynical, disingenous mountebank.

[Edward Hunter]

Exactly we all know who the players are in our offices , and so do the DOMs , in fact i confronted him on this subject, and the reply was "yes i know who they are but they are playing the system and there is nothing i can do about it" . And so we then as an officer have to cover the duty holders round while they sit at home on the sick and we have to work harder to cover them. What a reward for turning up for work .
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Well actually you just need to work your hours