Page publication date: 22 December 2011 at 10:00
CET
PostNL reaches final agreement on CLA for mail deliverers
22 December 2011 at 10:00 CET- The Hague -
PostNL has reached agreement with trade union BVPP on a new
collective labour agreement (CLA) for mail deliverers. The
CLA offers higher pay to employees who remain with PostNL
as mail deliverers for a longer period. The starting salary
follows the trend in the minimum wage. Mail deliverers can
now also take unpaid leave.
Furthermore, the existing rules have been clarified
regarding when mail deliverers will be compensated for
having to wait for their mail. The clarification also
applies to when mail deliverers do not have sufficient time
to complete their delivery round.
The CLA will run from 1 January to 31 December 2012.
PostNL is pleased to have reached an agreement on a CLA for
its mail deliverers, a key group of part-time employees
currently totalling over 17,000. With the agreement PostNL
has reached a new milestone in achieving fair conditions of
employment in the mail deliverer sector.
PostNL has also discussed the CLA with the unions Abvakabo
FNV and CNV Publieke Zaak. They, however, have not signed
the agreement because PostNL is not willing to
automatically link salary increments for mail deliverers,
who have been employed for a longer period and earn more
than the minimum wage, to the development of the minimum
wage.
About PostNL
Annually PostNL processes 8.8 billion addressed postal
items (including 100 million parcels) and delivers to more
than 88 million addresses in the Benelux, Germany, the UK
and Italy. PostNL's main business is mail, parcels and
e-commerce. The company also provides services in the area
of data and document management, direct marketing and
fulfilment. PostNL employs some 77,000 people. In 2010 the
company generated a turnover of nearly 4.3 billion euros.
More information about PostNL can be found on its website .
