Pay deals in brief

Agreement % increase hours holidays date number

Coal extraction & solid fuels

Coal Products (coke ovens) 3.7 40.0 20

1.4.01 126 3.7% on salaries following pay freeze in 2000; Firefighters' Allowance increased to £90pa, First Aiders' allowance to £75pa.

Water supply

Yorkshire Water Services(core) 37.0 25

1.4.01 2,200 3.25% on the paybill, increases range from 1% to 4.75% on a performance-related basis.

Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products

Ready Mixed Concrete(drivers) 6.7 40.0 20

17.2.01 2,000 6.7% on lowest basic, 6.1% on average. National Joint Council to be formed; three days' paid bereavement leave on death of a partner, parent, parent-in-law or child. Additional service related holidays - two days after two years; three days after five years and four days after 10 years

Chemical manufacture

E.C.E.L Ectona 4.0 39.0 22

1.4.01 200 4% on all rates of pay

Rohm & Haas (Scotland) 3.5 36.0 25

1.1.01 108 3.5% on basic craft rates, giving hourly pay of £10.22; shift allowance increased from 31.3.01 to £2.78ph.

Laporte Flourides (Rotherham) 3.5 38.0

1.1.01 44 3.5% across the board

Manufacture of metal goods

Record Tools 3.0 38.0

5.1.01 356 £6.10 per week increase for a 38 hour week. Shift workers to receive a 2.2% pay increase in hourly shift premium. Attendance bonus reduced to £4.50. Payment of Xmas bonus increased to £90. All other allowances remain the same

Mechanical engineering

Ward Building Systems 2.9 39.0 25

1.1.01 300 first stage of a three-year agreement with a 2.9% increase on all basic rates and premiums. Increases in the second and third years will be inflation-based.

Crossley Engines 2.0 37.0 22

1.2.01 70 2% increase on all rates; semi-skilled rate 2 includes extra duties; £3pw risk assessment duties within own area.

Electrical & electronic engineering

Clairemont Electronics 3.8 37.5

1.1.01 600 3.75% on basic rates and overtime 1 and 2. An improvement in the Sick Pay Scheme to 100% of basic after a year's service, paid for a minimum of four weeks if admitted to hospital, after four years' service increases by one week per year to a maximum of 12 weeks.

Philips Components (Blackburn) 39.0 25

1.1.01 550 basic increase of £8.75 per week or 3% whichever is the greater; shift allowance increased by £1.50pw.

Thomas Bolton Copper Products 2.8 37.0 26

1.1.01 400 increases of 2.8%-3% but service day consolidation under the 2000 agreement produces increases ranging from 2.5% to 3.4%

Agreement % increase hours holidays

date number

Electrical & electronic engineering (continued)

Hitachi Home Electronics 0.0 39.0 25

1.4.01 100 pay freeze

Worcester Bosch 2.8 39.0 25

1.4.01 25 2.75% on basic pay with productivity bonus (paid at Xmas) of potentially £324 per person. Company will match employees' company pension AVCs over 5% up to 15%

Manufacture of motor vehicles & parts

UEF Automotive (Ayr) 3.0 37.0 25

1.1.01 160 2.99% on wage bill and sick pay with improved bereavement leave

Manufacture of other transport equipment

Rolls Royce Bristol(tech staff) 3.5 37.0 25

1.4.01 2,000 3.5% on salaries.

Food, drink & tobacco manufacturing

Birds Eye Walls (asst managers) 2.0

1.4.01 300 basic salaries up 2% with a 4% pay pot to allow progression from 100%-115%; individual bonuses awarded for target achievement with a 5% money pot available calculated on 2000/2001 basic salaries.

Nestle Rowntree (Castleford) 3.2 37.0 25

1.4.01 450 all rates increased by 3.2%

Novartis Nutrition 3.3 39.0 25

1.1.01 110 increase of 3.3% on salaries covering 14 months with next settlement due 1.3.02

Princes Foods 3.3 39.0

1.3.01 47

Footwear & clothing

Jaeger Tailoring 2.5 39.0 25

1.4.01 9,500 increase in salaries of 2.5%; joint working party to discuss feasibility of four-day working in Chapeltown with no reduction in working hours. In Kilmarnock, Job Trainers and Facilitators Allowance increased to £15 per week. 15 years' service sick pay for 25 days and 20 years' service, 30 days.

AGM Casualwear 0.0 37.0 24

1.1.01 350 company on brink of closure last year. No wage increase or negotiations until 2002.

Paper & paper products, printing & publishing

Paper & Paperboard 3.1 40.0 25

4.2.01 12,000 average 3.1% on basic rates. Call-out payment increased to £11, any mill paying £11 or above need not make any increase

Screen Printing & Display 3.3 37.5 25

1.1.01 600 increase of 3.3% on lowest basic rate, with an average increase of 3%. Double day shift - 20% of pay shift premium. After 1 years service employees are entitled to 75 hours' sick pay (4 weeks half pay) + statutory sick pay; two days' paid paternity leave; three days' paid bereavement leave.

Processing of rubber & plastics

Maclellan Rubber 3.0 39.0 25

1.1.01 57 3% on basic pay and shift allowance; meal allowance of £3.60 to be consolidated into basic rate for those who currently receive this payment. Tonnage bonus of £7.50 payable when output reaches 37 tonnes per week. Employees requested to work during factory holiday periods will be paid at enhanced rate of 12.5% on basic.

Agreement % increase hours holidays

date number

Processing of rubber & plastics (continued)

Thor Hammer 4.5 37.0 25

1.3.01 21 all hourly paid employees given a flat-rate increase of £10.00 per week; sick pay three waiting days waived; payment for sickness will be at 75% of pay grade; 25 hours allowed for each employee to take as part of holiday entitlement.

Construction

Environmental Engineering NJC 5.0 36.5 20

1.1.01 36,000 5% on minimum grade salaries with an agreed differential increase in minimum salaries after five years' service; age-related minimum grade salaries continue at the following rates: 16 - 70%, 17 - 80%, 18 - 90%; London weighting £1,960; death benefit increased to £30,000 for staff aged 18-64; form of words referring to statutory provisions for parental leave to be included in the agreement

Felt Roofing Contracting NJC 4.0 39.0

8.1.01 3,500 4% on basic salary rates bringing the hourly pay for a skilled fixer to £5.25 and a general operative (labourer) to £4.48 per hour; agreement to re-draft the Working Rule Agreement to reflect changes in legislation; fare allowances from £2.30 for 0-2 miles up to £23.01 for over 35 miles; lodging allowances £133.70 per week, £106.06 per week or £22.04 per week (all tax free).

Hotels & catering

Sheraton Hotels 3.0 35.0

1.4.01 1,000 3% on salaries; joint negotiations cover Sheraton Skyline, Sheraton Park Lane and Sheraton Park Tower

Other inland transport

First Bradford 38.0 23

2.5.1 450 final stage of a two-year agreement with drivers' rates being increased to £7.76 (A rate), £6.59 (B), £5.77 (C), £5.30 (D) as well as moving back to a 38-hour week.

Arriva Kent & Sussex 39.0 20

25.2.01 130 new grading structure applied with three pay bands instead of four. Band A £5.60 per hour, Band B £5.75, Band C £6.05; overtime 22% of basic rates for bands A and B, 30% for band C; from February 2002 staff on band B move to band C and thereafter staff starting on band B move up to Band C on their anniversary; additional service-related leave provided at five years (one additional day), 10 years (two days) and 20 years (three days) with holiday pay to be paid one week in arrears as per basic pay (holiday advances no longer paid)

Frames Rickards (drivers) 35.0 20

1.1.01 12 increase of £5 per week bringing the basic weekly rate to £189.50; minimum guarantee of 10 hours' overtime per week at time and a half; increase of £100 on London weighting

First Thames Way 39.0

1.4.01 na two year deals for Basildon and Romford depots: RPI plus 1.4% in first year; 4% in second year (unless RPI greater than 4% when normal negotiations would occur); basic rates now £6.4771 at Basildon, £6.63 (including consolidation of £3 per day bonus) at Romford.

Agreement % increase hours holidays

date number

Other inland transport (continued)

Essex Buses (Thamesway Division) 8.0 37.5

1.4.01 na two-year deal - 8% on salaries; staff in year 1 of service get £6.30 per hour, staff in year 2 and above £6.7362 per hour; rates will be revised from April 2002 by RPI to equate to 4% unless RPI is greater, when negotiations would occur; overtime rate of £6.64 applies irrespective of service (worth more than the year 1 basic rate but less than year 2) but levels of spreadover penalty payments differ and sick pay increases from SSP to £184.17 after three years' service.

Supporting services to transport

Forth Ports (clerical) 3.0 35.0 26

16.3.01 120 3% on salaries, annual payment of £620; unsocial working allowance for middle managers of £3,573 per annum.

Manchester Ship Canal Company 3.2 36.0 24

1.1.01 56 3.2% increase on all elements of pay including car mileage payments.

Wijsmuller Marine 3.7 39.0 42

1.4.01 48 second stage of a two-year agreement with inflation plus 1%

Insurance

AXA Sun Life 35.0 21

1.1.01 2,200 overall pay pot of 4.2%; grades L13 and below guaranteed a minimum percentage increase of 3.25%, new grading structure implemented; grades L14 and above have a pay pot of 3.25% distributed on an agreed performance matrix, also changes to the grading system; lunch allowance increased to £400pa consolidated into salary; £150 one-off payment to staff who were eligible for mortgage subsidy but had not taken advantage of it

NCM Credit Insurance 2.2 36.0 22

1.3.01 450 2.2% on all existing salaries, average increases 2.8% based on performance pay (and adjustments in line with benchmarking based on finance/insurance companies with Hay job evaluation); London weighting increased from £3,700 to £3,850; overall paybill increase put at 5%.; separate 2001 pay deal for call centre staff saw basic salaries rise by 2.2%, hours reduce from 40 to 37.5, average merit pay rises of 2%, an improved monthly bonus/commission system, and a graduated and improved minimum salary level based on trial period.

Medical & other health services

NHS NAT (prof & tech staff) (PTB) 3.7 37.0 20

1.4.01 45,500 national salary scales increased by 3.7% or £380 whichever is greater; adjustments to Trainee MLSO, MLSO1 and MLSO2 pay scales and increases in Emergency Duty payments; trainee MLSOs benefit from removal of spine points 07 to 09, new minimum point 10; spine points MLSO1 15-17 removed.