The Post Office says it will be offering support and advice to the branches affected
Two Nottinghamshire post offices have been described as being "at risk" due to a change in a compensation scheme for those running them. The Post Office first started a scheme in 2011 to modernise all of its branches, but an option was created for postmasters who did not want to change their contract by signing up to one of these new operating models.
But the National Federation of Sub Postmasters , a trade association representing post office operators, says this pledge has been changed. It says the Post Office has written to the 130 remaining branches who opted to leave the network offering them 12 months of compensation pay rather than 26.The NFSP says this puts the post office operators affected, including in Giltbrook and Underwood, in a "vulnerable" position.
These 130 postmasters have therefore been given three options, one of which is to continue trading on their existing contracts. Another option is to convert to a new style contract with an upfront compensation payment worth 12 months' pay. "Our question remains, what has happened to that ring-fenced money?" The NFSP also says the Post Office made certain roles redundant, meaning there was "no dedicated team within the Post Office looking to find a replacement postmaster. This has left this group of postmasters in limbo since."
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