Royal Mail apologises over pay rise 'prank' on April Fool's Day

The UK’s Royal Mail has apologised after one among its branches performed an April Fool’s Day “prank” that noticed employees promised a major pay rise.

The Gloucester North supply workplace put up a discover on April 1 that mentioned employees would obtain an 11 per cent pay rise, the BBC reported.

It comes amid an ongoing standoff between the Royal Mail executives and the employees’ union over pay and circumstances.

A discover posted on April Fool’s Day promised an 11 per cent pay rise for UK postal employees – but it surely was a prank. (Twitter/@valor_ldn)

The prank discover mentioned an settlement with the union had been reached that additionally included the promise to buy a fleet of latest vans and bicycles, in addition to make use of 10,000 extra employees.

A Royal Mail spokesperson the poster had been eliminated and the supervisor of the department had apologised.

“We apologise for any upset caused by this misjudged April Fools’ joke at one of our delivery offices,” the spokesperson mentioned.

“For many Royal Mail employees, the workplace is now a completely toxic environment where nasty, tone-deaf ‘jokes’ such as these are considered culturally acceptable,” the Communication Workers’ Union mentioned.

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Source: www.9news.com.au