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Postal workers with minor injuries should be given different tasks
POSTIES with minor injuries or illnesses who can’t do delivery work should be given different tasks indoors instead of being signed off sick, postal workers have said.
Delegates at the CWU’s conference in Bournemouth voted overwhelmingly to ask their leadership to negotiate a deal with Royal Mail to formalise this.
Workers are often instructed to take time off work when there is different work that can be done.
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