Workplace Report June 2001

Features: Pay deals

Pay deals in brief

Agreement % increase hours holidays date number

Coal extraction & solid fuels

CPL Industries 3.7 37.5

1.4.01 1,300 3.7% with flow through to allowances, etc, following a pay freeze in 2000

Electricity, gas and other forms of energy

BG PLC Transco (manual) 38.8 26

1.4.01 7,000 matrix salary ranges (top, bottom and target) move in accordance with the Industrial and Services Market median and pay progression is based on performance

Midlands Electric Contracting 4.3 37.0 20

1.6.01 550 first year of two-year deal: 4.25% on salaries; 2002 increase to be RPI based. Discussions later in 2001 on a profit- related bonus to apply from 1.1.02 but with first payments in March 2003

Metal manufacturing

Anglesey Aluminium (manual) 3.5 39.0 28

1.4.01 534 3.5% on basic salaries; shift disturbance allowances increased by 3%; long service award of £250 for 20 years' service and £450 for 30 years' service

Anglesey Aluminium (staff) 37.5 28

1.4.01 124 3.5% on all base salaries; shift disturbance allowances and associated ancillary payments increased by 3%

Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products

Blue Circle 3.5 39.0 25

1.1.01 2,000

Castle Cement 3.8 36.0 25

1.1.01 1,000 3.8% on all rates of pay; three days' additional service-related leave to be introduced during life of agreement

United Glass (craft) 39.0 25

1.2.01 360 supervisory plussages maintained at present rate; ie. A (39 hours) £1,645pa; B (39 hours) £1,050pa and (4 crew/3 shift) £2,270pa; (4 crew/3 shift) £1,440pa; conditions payments for working in certain parts of the factory £465pa

Goonvean 1.3 40.0 25

1.3.01 120 staged agreement, 1.25% from March 2001 with a further 0.75% in October (which may be backdated)

Chemical manufacture

GlaxoSmithkline R and D 37.5 26

1.4.01 4,000 pay budget increased by 4.5%, not negotiated; individual pay rises at "discretion of managers" based on performance and 'need to retain'

Production of man-made fibres

Acordis UK (Grimsby) 2.5 38.0 25

1.1.01 800 call out payment £29.45, "own transport" £10.42; multiskill packages achieved (engineering technicians) 1 £502, 2 £1,005, 3 £1,507, 4 £2,009 (days) applicable in addition to grade 9 and 10 job value; also supervisory differential payment; 3 shift allowance £1,927

Mechanical engineering

Goss Graphics 2.0 36.0 28

1.1.01 650 first stage of a two-year deal: 2% across the board; extra half day's leave for staff with 20, 25 and 30 years' service.

M.A.S Fabrications 6.0 37.0

1.1.01 na 6% takes hourly rate to £7.83

Electrical and electronic engineering

Philips Components (Durham) 3.5 39.0 25

1.1.01 1,200

Chloride Industrial Batteries 40.0 25

1.4.01 200 no negotiations because of planned flotation, but some changes will be occurring

Peebles Electric (Staff) 4.2 37.0 33

1.1.01 na 4.2% brings skilled rates to £7.84ph and semi-skilled to £6.66ph; all employees in the factory are on harmonised conditions

Manufacture of other transport equipment

Rolls Royce Bristol 3.5 37.0 25

16.2.1 1,600 3.5% on all pay rates agreed on the basis of recognition of the need for changes to improve the performance of the business

Smiths Aerospace - CS Newmark 4.0 36.3 25

1.4.01 100 4% on salaries; pay scales to be reviewed over a maximum period of 3 years in order to bring employees in line with Cheltenham site (generally higher); most disadvantaged staff to be dealt with first; from March 2001 lunch break cut by 5 minutes (to 30 minutes) with removal of Friday lunch break and new Friday finishing time of 1.30pm

Balfour Beatty Rl. Eng.(BBREL) 3.5 38.0

1.1.01 60 3.5% subject to a minimum of £520pa; additional bonus payment of £45 for each employee for each 2.5% over and above budgeted profit levels

Food, drink and tobacco manufacturing

McVities Group 2.8 39.0 25

1.1.01 4,500 2.75% on basic rates, shift premiums and allowances; company sick pay will be paid after 6 weeks in a single period of absence at full contractual rate

Coca Cola Schweppes Beverages 1.8 25

1.4.01 160 final stage of a three-year deal with an index-linked increase of 1.8%

Nestle UK (Staverton) 3.2 37.0 25

1.4.01 na 3.2% on basic salaries, grade shift and premium; paternity leave to remain at 5 days; bereavement leave can be extended to 10 days in exceptional circumstances

Coca Cola Schweppes (Distribution) 1.8 25

1.4.01 na final stage of a three-year deal with an April RPI based increase of 1.8%; additional weekend working payments

Textile manufacture

Lyle and Scott 2.0 39.0 25

1.1.01 360 2% on salaries and long service awards; weekly paid staff now on £4.40ph; bereavement leave - 1 day to cover in-laws; additional day over Christmas and New Year gives 10 days to be taken as 2 full weeks

Knitwear (Hawick) 3.6 39.0 24

1.1.01 300 factory base rates up 3.6% (not applied to existing supplement); all rates which include supplement (craftsmen, offices, etc) up 3%; 2.8% increase in overtime; double day shift 55pph, night £1.00 per hr; supplement £33.35

Footwear and clothing

Clothing Industry 39.0 25

1.1.01 100,000 2% on minimum rates (except Minimum Weekly Payment which rises to £144.30) to reflect lack of previous national agreement, all earnings, including learners, increased by 2.5%; joint working party to consider relationship of rates in the National Agreement, including learners; claim for occupational sick pay scheme recognised

Footwear NJC 2.8 39.0 20

1.1.01 22,000 2.8% on all rates; Minimum Rates under 18 now £106.90 and over 18 now £147.36

Timber and wooden furniture

Fillings Industry 3.5 39.0 21

1.2.01 5,000 3.5% brings adult minimum wage to £4.25ph; payment for recorded sickness increased to 141.67 pence per hour

Home Grown Timber(EW)NJIC 39.0 23

1.1.01 2,500 13p on all basic rates; 3.9% on lowest grades, 3.5% on higher grades; daily rate of sick pay increased to £11.50 (max £402.50 per year); death in service benefit up by £500 to £9,750; new NVQ based grading system to be discussed

Brush and Broom 3.1 39.0 23

1.1.01 2,000 minimum wage £170.50 per 39 hour week; paternity leave increased by 1 day; First Aid payments to qualified employees of £150pa

Remploy(cler/tech/management) 2.55 37.0 25

1.4.01 1,719 six-month deal; joint pay round covering both shop floor and staff and one-off lump sum will be paid in October depending on grade from £200-£400 approx.

Project Office Furniture 2.0 39.0 24

1.1.01 460 2% backdated to 1.1.01; January 2002 30pph on overtime rate; day work 39 hours, shift work 37.5 hours (premia 15% or 30%)

Paper and paper products, printing and publishing

Westferry Printers 3.0 37.5

1.1.01 700 minor changes to terms and conditions

Wholesale distribution

Tradeteam (Exeter) 4.9 39.0 23

1.3.01 80 2.7% on salary with Manor House Health Scheme consolidated, other consolidations mean that overall increase is 4.92% on basic rate; consolidation of Manor House into salary = £228 per person; two x Xmas. Saturdays worked consolidated = £126.18

Retail distribution

Scottish Power(retail ind staff) 2.8 20

1.4.01 na final stage of two-year deal; holidays rising to maximum of 25 days after 10 years'

NAAFI Retail (UK and Germany) 2.6 36.0 22

1.5.01 1,900 transfer of existing UK staff from sterling to DM salaries using exchange rate of DM3.12 to £1; ex-pat adjustment to cease; new stand alone pay structure based on DMs moving to Euro; new simplified London Allowance to be introduced

Other inland transport

RHA Assenting Haul (Devon and Cornwall) 2.5 40.0 16

1.2.01 2,000

First Huddersfield 5.2 38.0 24

1.5.01 350 first stage of two-year deal: 5.2% on lowest basic, total wage bill up 4.02%; 21p on A and B rate and 19p on C rate, both with flow through on holidays and sickness; Grade D abolished as from May 2001

Arriva North West (Runcorn) 3.6 39.0 15

1.1.01 120 first stage of three-year deal with drivers pay increased to £6.58ph; from January 2002 drivers' pay will rise to £6.78ph and in 2003 it will go up to £7.00ph; from June 2001 an hourly rate of time plus one quarter will be introduced for hours worked after 13.00 hours on Saturdays, all hours Sunday and Bank holidays.

First Eastern Counties Kings Lynn 4.0 39.0 20

1.4.01 70 second stage of a two year deal; pay structure includes £10 weekly attendance bonus for minibus drivers; no paternity leave

Supporting services to transport

CAA Nat Air Traffic Services 2.3 35.0 22

1.4.01 5,000 final stage of 21-month deal: 2.25% under-pinned by £357; 2001-02 bonus 1.25% of basic or £278; flowthrough to allowances

Forth Ports(Grangemouth sups) 3.0 39.0 26

1.1.01 na Final stage of a 3 year deal; food allowance for dredger officers £15pw; annual payment £557 to each supervisor and personal allowance of £252 for operating supervisor. Flexibility/productivity payment of £386 to dredger officers

Post services and telecommunications

BT (MPG) 37.0 24

1.6.01 23,000 19.6m increase in the MPG consolidated paybill. Individual salary increases are based on performance and position. MPG2 range minimum increased to £20,000.

Banking and finance

Lloyds TSB

1.4.01 55,000 paybill up 5%; profit sharing payment of 10% of qualifying salary for eligible staff; minimum pay levels up in all bands while maximum levels completely removed

Insurance

Hearts of Oak Benefit Society 3.3 35.0 20

1.1.01 120 3.3% on salaries.

Business services

Group 4 (Total Security) 40.0 23

1.6.01 7,000 static guards paid onsite rates of £4.50ph.

Public administration

Buckinghamshire County Council 3.3 37.0 20

1.4.01 6,500

Education

Teaching (Schools) 5.9 32.5 58

1.4.01 482,000 increase worth 5.9% on starting salaries (main scale); general rise of 3.7% including main London area allowances; London allowances now £3,000 inner, £1,974 outer, £765 fringe; additional frozen supplement of £822 in inner London; consultation over a new pay structure and changes to conditions of service

Research and development

Aston Science Park 3.2 37.5 20

1.1.01 12 3.2% index linked increase.

Medical and other health services

NHS National (nurses) 3.7 37.5 25

1.4.01 483,500 3.7% with additional increases for some higher grade staff; harmonisation of inner London allowance at higher rate for nurses on Grade C and above; new guaranteed grading for Midwives; scales for grades F-I extended by consolidation of discretionary point; 3.7% on standby and call payments

NHS National (PAMS) 3.7 36.5 25

1.4.01 40,000 3.7% on London allowance and standby/on-call allowances; consolidation into basic pay of first discretionary point for Senior II, Senior I/Supt IV and Supt III scales.