Business Recovery, Transformation & Growth (BRT&G) Agreement – Paragraph 6.4 – Attendance Update
Further to LTB215/23, which published the Joint Statement on Attendance we can inform Branches, the first meeting of the Attendance Joint Working Group (JWG) will be held on Tuesday 5th September.
As part of the joint statement, it was agreed we would renegotiate the Attendance Agreement to incorporate the recent changes. The first meeting on this will be held on Wednesday 6th September.
Royal Mail have told us they will not be sending out letters to members affected by the agreed change to the migration process, however, we have been informed the People Case Manager (PCM) system has been updated for those members affected by the agreed changes.
For clarity, the agreed migration arrangements are:
AR1s
- For employees issued with an AR1 between 31 January 2023 and 30 April 2023, who haven’t had a period of sick absence prior to 1 August, they will be removed from the process. For those employees who have had one period of sick absence during this time, the review period will remain 6 months with the new standards (3 absences or 12 days) applying. This will be subject to a review of absences covered by the Equality Act.
- For employees issued with an AR1 from 1 May 2023 – this will remain in place with the new standards and extended timescales applying.
AR2s
- For employees issued with an AR2 between 31 January 2023 and 30 April 2023, they will revert back to an AR1 from the date of the original issue with the new standards and extended timescales applying.
- For employees issued with an AR2 from 1 May 2023 – this will remain in place with the new standards and extended timescales applying.
Any enquiries should be sent to the PTCS Department via email to Samantha Nicholas at snicholas@cwu.org
Yours sincerely
Carl Maden
Assistant Secretary
CWU Eastern No5 Branch 
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