Why postal staff work overtime for free

OUR members in the CWU were very amused at the announcement that post persons get paid for overtime they have worked.

Fri, 11 Nov, 2005 - 00:00

Our experience of An Post is that you work overtime and the company refuses to pay for it. This occurs in sub post offices where there is no inspector or overseer to sanction overtime in heavy mail situations.

Therefore the post persons work the overtime without payment.

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