ringfencing

[yogibear]

Help please, is it still possible to ringfence your duty during a full office re-sign if your duty isn,t changing?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

The way forward agreement says: http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 36&t=11941" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

16.1Major change is defined as:

The relocation or merger of units;
A significant process alteration arising from automated working or reshaping of the pipeline;
Delivery revisions, which involve significant re-plotting of walks or significant restructuring of attendance patterns (e.g. full-time/part-time mix, five-day weeks, ‘longs and shorts’ or ‘night plus a first delivery’, where they are agreed).

16.2Major change is defined as:

Revisions of staffing arrangements, using the procedures agreed in the Performance Bonus Scheme, to implement the Performance Bonus Scheme, Shorter Working Week, Meal Relief Harmonisation and Work Time Learning or to improve alignment of staffing to workload in order to make performance improvements, unless they fall into the categories of major change defined in paragraph 2 above.
Delivery revisions which do not involve significant re-plotting of first delivery walks.

Where such a revision displaces an individual, or where an individual’s earnings are affected, local discussions shall take place in line with the principles contained in Sections 14 and 15, which may vary the order to protect the individuals displaced. Timely planning will reduce the number of people affected in this way by the revision.

16.3Where there is a major change as defined above, the key principles for dealing with the re-sign are:

Employees whose jobs remain unaffected by the major change will retain them;

But word of advice read through the agreement so that you are fully informed and can argue from a position of strength.

[yogibear]

Thanks for that TBT, i wasn,t sure whether The Way Forward agreement still applied

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Thanks for that TBT, i wasn,t sure whether The Way Forward agreement still applied

Some of it has been overwritten by later agreements, but until specific sections have been superseded by future agreements those sections hold the field - this is one of them IIRC

[woofwoof]

the only duties they can ring fence are

15.6 The specific jobs that require specialist skills and which will be subject to selection are:

Resourcing Unit (Bookroom);
DOM Support;
Traffic Office;
Enquiry/Callers’ Office;
Major Customer Collection drivers
(to be jointly defined at National level):
Benefits Agency/Customer Mailroom;
Travelling Post Office;
Leadership roles (formerly PHG ‘A’);
Heavy Goods Vehicle Driving (HGV);
Postbus (PSV);
VCS/MAA;
IMP/MTT;
Advanced TPM;
Non-school training