POST OFFICE: JOINT STATEMENT – CROWN OFFICES SATURDAY OPENING HOURS
Branches are advised that Post Office and CWU have reviewed the opening hours of Crown offices which are open to the public on a Saturday. Currently there are 109 branches which are open on a Saturday, 31 of which operate after 12:30 pm. The review has taken into account customer footfall and feedback from our members and the consensus of opinion is to reduce the Saturday opening hours in 21 of the 31 branches. The following Joint Statement has been agreed, detailing the branches concerned, which will now close at 12:30 pm:
Joint Statement – Saturday Opening Hours
Within the Directly Managed branch (DMB) network there are currently 109 branches that are open to customers on Saturday. Out of those 109 branches, there are 31 that are open past 12:30pm.
Post Office and CWU have reviewed these opening hours, taking into account customer footfall and feedback from colleagues, and would like to move forward with a proposal to reduce the opening hours in 21 of the 31 branches. This would mean that those branches detailed below would now close at 12:30pm in line with the other 78 branches open on Saturday.
Post Office has committed to working with Area CWU representatives for the branches affected to formulate new duty solutions. This work will commence in June with an aim for the new hours to take effect no later than 31 July. It is expected that hours will be reinvested back into the branch elsewhere in the week. The views of those impacted will be considered where possible when reallocating the hours back into branch.
Should you have any questions or comments regarding the above please speak to your line manager or CWU workplace representative.Branch NameProposed Saturday closing hoursBranch NameProposed Saturday closing hoursCosham12:30Dunraven Place12:30Southall12:30Glasgow12:30Brixton12:30Inverness12:30Islington12:30Paignton12:30Grimsby12:30Sunderland City12:30Hyde12:30The Markets12:30Rotherham12:30Belfast CityNo changeSheffield City12:30BirminghamNo changeStroud12:30Cambridge CityNo changeLeighton Buzzard12:30Edinburgh CityNo changePort Talbot12:30GloucesterNo changePortsmouth 12:30High Street (10)No changeWindsor12:30ManchesterNo changeSalford City12:30Milton KeynesNo changeBangor12:30OxfordNo change St JohnsNo change
Pete Marsh
Retail Operations Director Post Office
Andy Furey
A/Deputy General Secretary (Postal)
We have consulted with our full time Reps, all of whom support this initiative as the consensus view amongst our Reps is that this will be very popular with our members. Added to which is the fact all hours will be recycled into the rest of the duties/week which means there are no cost savings directly attributed to this development.
Crucially the new duties will be subject to full negotiation with the Reps and the views of those impacted will be factored in wherever possible.
Any enquiries on the above should be addressed to Andy Furey, A/Deputy General Secretary (Postal) at lsheridan@cwu.org
Yours sincerely
Andy Furey
A/Deputy General Secretary (Postal)
LTB 141/23 – Post Office – Joint Statement – Crown Offices Saturday Opening Hours
CWU Eastern No5 Branch 
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