Workplace Report (February 2001)

Features: Pay deals in brief

Pay deals in brief

Agreement % increase hours holidays

date number

Forestry

Forestry Commission (cler/exec) 6.0 37.0 25

1.10.00 250 average increase to basic salaries of 4%, with at least 6% on minimum salary of each pay band and 3.5% on maximum; changes to temporary responsibility allowance and overnight overtime rules

Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products

Pilkington Optronics 4.0 37.0

1.1.01 300 final stage of a 21-month deal; bonus scheme to be implemented; bereavement leave extended to five days for immediate family and one day for aunt and uncle

Manufacture of metal goods

Clydesdale - Handtools 2.5 37.0 25

1.1.01 30 second stage of a 21-month deal with 2.5% on base rates, following a 2.5% increase on base rates implemented 1.4.00. Sick pay scheme increased to £115 for semi-skilled and £125 for skilled workers

Mechanical engineering

Bridgeport Machine 2.7 35.0 25

1.10.00 290 staged increase with an extra £7.00 per week payable 3.4.00-1.10.00. An additional £8.00 per week then paid, making a total increase of £15.00pw over the year to April 2001; other shifts and multi-manning payments increased by 3.8% from April 2000; holidays calculated on an hourly basis from 1.1.01; similar for sick pay

Autowrappers 2.0 37.0

1.10.00 100 settlement date now October; overseas weekend allowance £22.28 day; unsociable country allowance £22.28 day; max. Out Rate £2.17ph. First Aid grade £286.75pw.

Manufacture of motor vehicles

Jaguar 4.3 37.0 25

1.11.00 3,200 first year of a two-year deal with a 4.25% increase; accrual rate for calculating pension improved from 1/60th to 1/59th from 1.11.00 + 1/58th from 1.11.01; death benefit of £1,500; pay increase plus improvement in pension represents 12.9% for a grade 3 employee retiring at age 60 in April 2002; from January 2001 an extra day of service-related holiday after 10 years' service. Occupational maternity pay from 1.11.00 of £120pw and statutory for weeks 7-18. Weeks 1-6 at 90% of weekly pay.

Federal Mogul (Bradford) 0.8 37.0 25

1.1.01 650 final stage of a four-stage agreement paid 0.75% or £2pw from 1.1.01.

Food, drink & tobacco manufacturing

Scottish Bakery JIC 6.5 39.0 21

27.10.00 5,000 additional day's bereavement leave in respect of spouse, partner or child.

Findus 3.1 37.0 25

1.1.01 650 BA supplement maintained at 2%. BA standby payment increased in line with pay award. Reserve hours to be removed from annual hours agreement and incorporated in worked hours total from 1.1.01; one-off £100 paid in respect of these hours

Grampian Food 2.4 20

1.1.01 600 increase of 2.4% on lowest basic pay rates for trained operative; late shift £4.90ph (18+); continental shift £4.58ph (18+)..

Agreement % increase hours holidays

date number

Coca Cola Schweppes (M/Keynes) 3.2 42.3 25

1.12.0 150 fifth year of five-year deal - November 2000 RPI

Textile manufacturing

Narrow Fabrics (JIC) 3.0 39.0 25

1.11.00 2,700 3% increase on all rates and earnings; sick pay after six months' service four weeks per year@£32.62 +SSP, after five years eight weeks@£36.96 +SSP, after 10 years 13 weeks@£36.96 +SSP.

Timber & wooden furniture

Remploy (Manual) 2.6 36.0 25

1.10.00 8,500 second stage of two-stage deal; hours cut to 36 from June 2000; increase in service-related holidays; leading hand rate supplement £12pw; phased rise in London weighting.

Railways

Tyne & Wear Metro (Nexus) 37.0 24

1.1.01 na three-year deal with drivers pay rising to £22,000 in January 2001.

Other inland transport

Plymouth Citybus 3.9 39.0 21

1.10.00 350 rest day working now 20% premium, Saturday and Sunday rest day working now 40%, bank holiday (any) now 10%. Agreement in principle to cut maximum "portion of work" from 5 hours 30 min to 4. Working day cut to 8 hours 30min when "portion of work" cut (portion of work = period of driving).

Thamesdown Transport 17.0 38.0 20

7.1.01 200 increase of 9%-17%; grades TDA-TDE cover all drivers with up to five year' service. TDF refers to drivers with over five years service. Grades TDA-TDE paid at one rate of £6.40ph. Grade TDF paid at £6.80ph

Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses 4.0 39.0

1.11.00 200

Swindon & District Bus (Stagecoach) 1.1 39.0 20

1.4.01 90 second stage of 17-month deal: £2.34 per week increase to all drivers and engineering staff. Average guaranteed week 39 hours

Plymouth Citybus (maintenance) 4.7 39.0 25

1.10.00 71 4.7% increase across the board.

Exel Tankfreight (Zenith Milk) 1.2 50.0 25

1.12.00 25 inflation plus 1% in April; attendance bonus of £200 reduced by £25 on each occasion of sickness; two guaranteed working rest days per year; profit-related pay; overtime premia £7.96 per hour

Banking & finance

Kent Reliance Building Society 3.0

1.1.01 123 after 2001 no more annual pay awards - RPI based. Saturday-only payments now £29.20. Saturday payments for permanent staff now £40; bonus of 5.5% paid in December.

Insurance

Guardian Financial Services 34.8 21

1.1.01 1,100 4% on performance-related basis; most staff on grades F, E and D. Guardian overall averages are grade F £11,700; grade E £20,600; grade D £29,700

Education

Cornwall College 3.3 37.0 37

1.11.00 743 automatic incremental progression

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