SHE Dispute Resolution Process – Lines of Contact Postal Department

SHE Dispute Resolution Process – Lines of Contact Postal Department

Branches and Representatives will recall LTB 031/25, which confirmed the core areas of responsibility for Health and Safety matters within the Postal Department following the decisions at last year’s Annual Conference concerning the former Health, Safety and Environment Department.

Since then, we have continued to receive enquiries, in particular, from our Area Safety Reps concerning the application of the SHE Dispute Resolution Process and lines of national escalation.

The purpose of this LTB is to confirm that the SHE Dispute Process remains unchanged currently, but that escalation to national level should be directed and addressed to the following relevant Officers/Departments at CWU headquarters, with any cross-functional or across-department matters being directed to the DGS (Postal) Department in the first instance:Areas of Responsibility and SHE Dispute Escalation LineRelevant Officer/Department at CWU HQDelivery

CollectionsTony Bouch

Assistant Secretary

Email: tbouch@cwu.orgParcelforce

Logistics

Distribution

Processing (including Mail Centre engineers)

International

EurestDavie Robertson

Assistant Secretary

Email: drobertson@cwu.orgPOL

Capita

Admin

MDEC & Customer Experience

Finance, Stamps & CollectablesAndy Furey

Assistant Secretary

Email: afurey@cwu.orgFleet

Engineering

RMPFSLBobby Weatherall

Assistant Secretary (Act)

Email: bweatherall@cwu.org

Any H&S workplace matters which are cross-functional or across the outlined areas of responsibility should in the first instance be directed to the DGS (Postal) Department.

Martin Walsh

Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

Email: mwalsh@cwu.org

In setting out the above, it can be reported that we remain in talks with Royal Mail on seeking to update the current SHE Dispute Resolution Process to reflect these changes in the CWU national roles on Safety. Additionally, we are seeking to further amend the SHE Dispute process to include a new tier of escalation at ROD & Divisional Reps level, which is aimed at seeking to speed up dispute resolutions and further embed safety compliance without the need for national referral.

In the meantime, and until we can confirm and communicate any agreed changes to the SHE Dispute Resolution Process, it is hoped that this clarification on the lines of escalation to national level is helpful.

Finally, and for ease of reference, please find attached the following documents: –

SHE Committee and Dispute Resolution Guidance Document v3.0

SHE Dispute Resolution Record Template v1.1

SHE Dispute Resolution Flowchart v5.0

Any enquiries to this LTB should be addressed to the DGS(P) department.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Walsh

Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

LTB 100/25 – SHE Dispute Resolution Process – Lines of Contact Postal Department

LTB 100/25 – Att 1 SHE-Committee-and-Dispute-Reolution-Guidance-Doc v3.0

LTB 100/25 – Att 2 SHE Dispute Resolution Record Template (SHEI 2.3)(Appendix 6) v1.1

LTB 100/25 – Att 3 SHE Dispute Resolution Flowchart (SHEI 2.3) (Appendix 2) (v 5.0)