LTB 160/23 – B R T & G AGREEMENT – PARAGRAPH 6.4 JWG
No: 160/23
21st June 2023
Dear Colleague
ROYAL MAIL GROUP: BRT&G AGREEMENT PARAGRAPH 6.4 – JOINT WORKING GROUP
Branches and Representatives will recall the terms of paragraph 6.4 of the national Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth (BRT&G) Agreement and in particular the joint commitment in clauses 6.4.1 and 6.4.2 to establish a Joint Working Group (JWG) to look at sick absence levels, the causes of sick absence, cost of sick absence, the migration from one agreement to another, welcome back meetings and attendance standards.
In an attempt to move the aforementioned joint commitments ahead and in order to take the initiative, at a recent meeting the Postal Executive endorsed a proposed ‘Terms of Reference’ for the JWG. This has been sent to Royal Mail for their consideration.
It is now important the ‘Terms of Reference’ are quickly agreed and a mutually convenient date is set for an initial meeting and a further series of JWG meetings. In advance of this we will be requesting comprehensive ‘sick absence’ data from RMG to ensure the terms of the agreement are delivered.
Branches and representatives will appreciate the JWG will involve a comprehensive period of activity and there is much to be discussed. The CWU JWG members led by Carl Maden, will undertake this work with a positive mind-set and we have impressed upon RMG the need to mirror this approach.
Further updates will be provided in due course.
Any enquiries concerning the content of this LTB should be addressed to Carl Maden PTCS Department.
Yours sincerely
Andy Furey Carl Maden
Acting Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Assistant Secretary