Flexibility in Delivery Offices – Clarification 

 

Dear Colleague,

 

Flexibility in Delivery Offices – Clarification

 

It has become apparent having attended the Unit Reps Briefings and membership meetings recently that Royal Mail managers are not following national agreements and guidelines etc when it comes to flexibility in Delivery Offices. For ease of reference the words contained in the Integrated Delivery Programme of the Agenda for Growth states the following.

 

Point of Clarification on 30 mins Flexibility

 

Both parties re-affirm their commitment to the 30 minute flexibility arrangements within the Pay and Modernisation agreement.  The following provides clarification of the agreed approach.

 

Where necessary, for example when traffic volumes are unexpectedly high or resourcing issues arise, individuals may be asked and may themselves request to vary their duty times by up to 30 minutes on a swings and roundabouts basis. Individual circumstances will be taken into account and total weekly contractual hours will not change. This means that individuals may flex their duty times by up to 30 minutes on any given day and this will be balanced either way over the next 5 working days. However this period can be extended by local agreement. A local record will be kept.  Any requirement to change times of attendance or flex will take into account individual’s personal obligations and responsibilities.

 

There is no other agreement in place between Royal Mail and the CWU that overrides or supersedes this statement. To be absolutely clear any hours worked before or after official duty times should attract the appropriate overtime payment, unless there is an arrangement agreed in line with the above.

 

Where managers continue to insist that working beyond duty time is part of some imaginary flexibility agreement then a disagreement should be put in place to resolve the matter using the IR Framework.

 

Any enquiries to Bob Gibson’s Office, quoting reference 230.03

Email address: hnutley@cwu.org

 

Yours sincerely

 

Bob Gibson

CWU Assistant Secretary