PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Royal Mail: Conditions of Employment (25 January 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to help protect jobs in the Royal Mail.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Answer

Operational matters, including decisions on staffing levels and workforce structure, are the direct responsibility of Royal Mail’s management. The Government is not involved in the operational decisions of Royal Mail, a private company.

Collective redundancy legislation requires employers proposing to make 20 or more employees redundant from one establishment in a 90-day period to consult employees or their representatives. This must include consultation on ways to avoid redundancies, reducing the numbers of redundancies, or mitigating their impact.


Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
28 January 2022

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