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Weekend Processing Operation - Following the conclusion of the negotiations on the Business Transformation Agreement, the Postal Executive have now endorsed an agreed Terms of Reference that has been negotiated to cover the proposed changes to the current Weekend Processing Operation.
The Terms of Reference are reproduced below which we trust will assist the offices that have resisted the changes being introduced prior to a National Agreement being in place.
 

Terms of Reference :
 

1. Objective

The Objective is to revise and align the Weekend Process operation to the arrival profile and to align arrangements at the weekend to that of a weekday operation whilst maintaining and or improving Quality of Service.

2. Processing/Distribution changes

2.1 As all inward network arrivals are being advanced in Mail centres these revisions will ensure that inward processing can be completed during the Day of Sunday rather than during Sunday night/Monday morning.
 

The Sunday night Processing operations will cease in all Mail Centres with the exception of Northern Ireland and Inverness.
Mail Centres will re-open at the appropriate time decided locally for Distribution DO feeder runs to operate
 

All Mail Centres will re-open and operate on Sunday Night during Christmas operational period.
 

2.2 The Operational Changes will include the need to revise Engineering attendances where required to provide appropriate coverage these will be dealt with at local level in the normal way following a discussion at national level.
 

3. Duty Changes/Involvement

3.1 Area and Local CWU Representatives fully briefed about the changes and they will be fully involved with the deployment.
 

3.2 The aim is to minimise any radical duty changes and any proposed changes to Duties will be dealt with at local level and will be subject to the IR Framework and MTSF.
 

3.3 The aim will also be to minimise impact on notional weekend duty holders who have reserved rights.
 

3.4 Where changes do impact on any remaining weekend duty holders due consideration wherever possible will be given to individual personal circumstances.
 

3.5 Both Parties will try to maintain earnings opportunities in all units
wherever possible.
 

4. Implementation

The target date for final changes to be deployed across all units is by the end of April 2010 at the latest.
 

5. Post Implementation Review

The deployment of the new arrangements will be reviewed at Regional/Divisional and National level to ensure the revised arrangements meet the objectives.