Royal Mail Group - Coronavirus Latest Questions & Answers Guidance : Regularly updated : Latest update V87 PDF 27 May

[POSTMAN]

https://www.myroyalmail.com/Coronavirus

Royal Mail wish to reassure colleagues that since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, we have been closely following Public Health England and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance so that we can provide advice on preventative measures and minimise the risks to our people.

CWU At the commencement of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 outbreak, Royal Mail Group established a ‘Business Pandemic Team’ which includes all national heads of department and this team meets regularly to review the situation across Royal Mail Group and to issue update Questions and Answers information communications to all managers, which is cascaded throughout the business.

RMC We have taken out the important bits regularly and made them into topics for information and discussion.

Index

1. HEALTH
a) Prevention
b) Self-isolation, testing and reporting
c) Cleaning and consumables
d) Travel
e) Support and advice

2. POLICY
a) General guidance
b) Travel/ and annual holiday
c) Caring for dependants
d) Sick pay
e) Attendance process
f) Vulnerable employees

3. OPERATIONAL
a) General Ops Advice
b) NHS testing kits
c) Operational Processes and Reporting Changes
d) Delivering and collecting from customers
e) Fleet and vehicles

4. Advice for customers

See the 2nd post below for the latest in PDF format.

[POSTMAN]

Have converted it to PDF format...

Version 87 27 May 2021






https://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communi ... %20v87.pdf

Coronavirus rmc Guidance Questions and Answers v87.pdf

[POSTMAN]

Q1. A colleague has a child whose school is closed and needs to be at home to look after them – how do I support the individual?

Where a colleague has to look after a dependant, such as a child, our normal approach applies. Colleagues can take holiday, unpaid time off or work flexibly. They should agree this with their line manager.

Q2. A colleague has less than a year’s service and is worried about losing pay if they go off with symptoms of coronavirus.

Exceptionally, to support employees who should not be attending work, Royal Mail has temporarily changed the sick pay for employees with less than a year’s service.

Where the absence is related to coronavirus, these employees will receive the same sick pay as employees with over a year’s service. This will be in place until the end of March 2020, although we will continue to monitor the situation and may change this.

Q3. Will absences due to coronavirus be counted within the attendance procedure?

We would expect the vast majority of coronavirus absences to be discounted from the normal attendance procedure. However, in the event coronavirus absences are for an excessive duration or repeat in nature further investigation may be required.

[Woody Guthrie]

There's a bit of a loophole in the system and I'm going to tell you cause I'm good like that.

According to NHS guidance.
If you get the symptoms you have to self isolate for 7 days, if you live with other people THEY have to self isolate for 14 days. This is to allow them time to catch the lurgie and then for it work its way through the system but you're good to go after 7 days.

So you're potentially off back to work after 7 days while your other half puts their feet up for another week. Now I don't know how it works in your house but I've decided I'm not going first.

[POSTMAN]

I suppose like you say, if you live with someone just do the 14 day thing f**k it, I would.
But then let's say after 14 days you're still ill, it could happen, everyone's different.
You would have to stay off longer, or has the virus got a stop watch?

[IloveMYredTROLLEY!]

I suppose like you say, if you live with someone just do the 14 day thing f**k it, I would.
But then let's say after 14 days you're still ill, it could happen, everyone's different.
You would have to stay off longer, or has the virus got a stop watch?

My understanding is all household members must have 7 days isolation after they show definitive symptoms such as continuous cough, regardless of when the "14 day household isolation" started after household member #1 showed symptoms.

[Woody Guthrie]

I suppose like you say, if you live with someone just do the 14 day thing f**k it, I would.
But then let's say after 14 days you're still ill, it could happen, everyone's different.
You would have to stay off longer, or has the virus got a stop watch?

As said if you develop symptoms on day 13 you're going to have to do another 7 days.
That's no doubt when it will get messy with the 'Absence related to coronavirus will normally be discounted except in cases of multiple isolation and isolation longer than government guidelines' thing but the government guidelines do tell you it's 7 days after first symptoms.

If you're having serious symptoms for more than seven days you have to contact NHS and I think although I don't know that you'll send up some red flags if you do.

They do say you'll still have a cough for a while after it's run its course but you can go back to work with the cough.

[POSTMAN]

b) Self-isolation, testing and reporting

Our understanding of the current position is that employees could be isolating for between 7 and 14 days and this could be extended by around a week if they develop symptoms during self-isolation.

There is a new version out v14, not sure if the above is new or we missed it, anyway, clarifies a bit.

Have added v14 in PDF to 2nd post

[Woody Guthrie]

b) Self-isolation, testing and reporting

Our understanding of the current position is that employees could be isolating for between 7 and 14 days and this could be extended by around a week if they develop symptoms during self-isolation.

There is a new version out v14, not sure if the above is new or we missed it, anyway, clarifies a bit.

Have added v14 in PDF to 2nd post

For future reference all the bits in yellow are new for that day/update.

[POSTMAN]

b) Self-isolation, testing and reporting

Our understanding of the current position is that employees could be isolating for between 7 and 14 days and this could be extended by around a week if they develop symptoms during self-isolation.

There is a new version out v14, not sure if the above is new or we missed it, anyway, clarifies a bit.

Have added v14 in PDF to 2nd post

For future reference all the bits in yellow are new for that day/update.

Thanks some interesting updates on there!

[bluevoodoo1]

what is the van sharing policy

[sindba]

what is the van sharing policy

Refuse to do it if they ask you.

These are not normal times.

Your health matters most.

[POSTMAN]

what is the van sharing policy

There is none at the moment.

[POSTMAN]

Positive Coronavirus Covid-19 Cases in Royal Mail:

Positive Cases in Royal Mail now stand at 9 – Manchester NWDO, Portabello DO (Edinburgh), Edinburgh MC, Abingdon DO, NDC, Mount Pleasant MC (W1 Collections), Eastleigh DO, Romford MC and Atherstone RMI.

[PostmanBitesDog]

And elsewhere in Europe...