No. 232/25 Dear Colleagues, Salary Sacrifice – POAL The recent increase in the national minimum wage has resulted in a number of companies having to review the purchase of annual leave and that of which is taken out through My Bundle. The reason for this is employers are under a legal requirement to ensure that an individual’s pay does not fall below the minimum wage after the deductions for salary sacrifice have been made. This is why Royal Mail took the decision in April t

UPDATE FOR ROYAL MAIL GROUP MEMBERS CWU members will be aware of a communication issued yesterday by Royal Mail confirming they will no longer be seeking any further deployment of USO reform until 2026. This is a position the union communicated many weeks ago and it has now been confirmed openly by the business. This is welcomed. Our priority now will be fixing the issues in the USO pilot units. We want to make it clear to members that we will not be reaching an agreement on

No. 224/25 Dear Colleague ROYAL MAIL: DRUGS & ALCOHOL – FOR-CAUSE TESTING PILOT Further to LTB 157/25 dated 30th July.  The For-Cause Testing Pilot for Drugs & Alcohol has been operating now for just over nine months since the original Pilot commenced in January in Wales, with subsequent extensions into the Anglia, South West, South East, South Central and Northern Ireland ROD areas.  During this period, Royal Mail has reported there have been just four tests, only one of whi