Workplace Report June 2000

Features: Pay deals

Pay deals in brief

Agreement % increase hours holidays

date number

Electricity, gas and other forms of energy

Manweb 3.0 37.0 25

1.4.00 4,000

Centrica BGS (staff) 3.1 37.0

31.3.00 2,000

Metal manufacturing

Anglesey Aluminium (manual) 2.7 39.0 28

1.4.00 534 2.7% on basic, shift and apprentice rates

Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products

Ceramic Industry CJC 1.9 39.0 23

1.5.00 20,000 second year of a two-year deal

Imerys (Production) 3.3 37.5 25

1.3.00 3,800 .

Wemyss Brickworks 4.7 39.0 20

1.4.00 50 21p on lowest basic giving £4.65 per hour

Chemical manufacture

Glaxo Wellcome R & D 37.5 26

1.4.00 4,000 pay budget up 4% - not negotiated

Electrical & electronic engineering

Matsushita Electric(Panasonic) 3.0 38.8 23

1.4.00 2,000 first year of two-year deal

Hitachi Home Electronics 0.0 39.0 25

1.4.00 600 pay freeze

Food, drink & tobacco manufacturing

Food Manufacture JIC 3.0 39.0 25

7.6.00 10,000 £5 per week on adult basic rates

Nestle (Tutbury) 3.0 38.0 25

1.5.00 233 tool allowance increased to £84.46

Textile industry

Wool Textile (Industry) 2.0 39.0 21

6.5.00 20,000 minimum rate now £134.21

Footwear & clothing

Jaeger Tailoring 7.8 39.0 25

1.4.00 9,500 indirect basic wage now £147.18 for 39 hrs

Timber & wooden furniture

Scottish Sawmilling (SITA) 2.5 39.0 22

1.4.00 2,500

Brush & Broom 3.0 39.0 23

1.4.00 2,000

Paper & paper products, printing & publishing

General Print 2.7 37.5 26

24.4.00 50,000 minimum rates up by £5.08 on lowest grade to £6.19 on top grade, worth 2.73%-2.85%

Retail distribution

NAAFI Retail (UK & Germany) 2.8 36.0 22

1.5.00 1,900 salary bands increased by 2.8%; simplified London allowance to be introduced.

NAAFI Leisure 2.8 38.0 22

1.5.00 380 basic salaries up 2.8%; full timers to get one-off lump sum of £250 plus £50 to those with more than 3 years' service

Agreement % increase hours holidays

date number

Retail distribution (continued)

NAAFI HM Ships Managers &Staff 2.8 36.0 22

1.5.00 80 2.8% on all rates

Hotel & catering

Select Service Partner 3.3 39.0

1.4.00 2,500 rise reflects National Minimum Wage

Other inland transport

Busways (Stagecoach) 4.6 39.0 28

1.5.00 1,000 third year of three-year deal

Reading Transport (drivers) 2.5 39.0 20

1.4.00 300 first stage of two-stage deal

RHA (South Yorkshire) 3.0 40.0 20

31.3.00 3,000 subsistence allowance £22.25

Stagecoach Manchester (Inside) 4.7 38.0 20

1.5.00 180 second year of two-year deal

Stagecoach Gloucester Citybus 4.6 39.0 20

1.6.00 145 final stage of three-stage deal

Swindon & District Bus(Stagecoach) 6.4 39.0 20

1.4.00 90 staged 17-month agreement

Stagecoach Cheltenham 4.6 39.0 20

1.6.00 75 final stage of three-stage deal

Stagecoach Stroud Valleys 4.6 39.0 20

1.6.00 35 final stage of two-year deal

Stagecoach Cirencester 4.6 39.0 20

1.6.00 20 final stage of three-stage deal

Air transport

British Midland (Cabin Crew) 3.8 39.0

1.4.00 840 second stage of two-year deal

Banking & finance

Birmingham Midshires 1.5 35.0 20

1.4.00 1,580 salary ranges increased by 1.5% plus staff rated as "met" or better (and below salary range max) get 1.5% performance award

Firstdirect 3.0 35.0 27

1.4.00 1,300 3% increase on grades 1 to 1X; performance bonus pot of 12%

Insurance

Clerical Medical Investment Group 2.5 35.0 23

1.5.00 2,000 increase to pay ranges 2.5%. 3.5% pot for distribution under a PRP system

Business services

FDR 35.0

1.4.00 2,500 minimum increase for "level 3 performers" of 2.8%

Public administration

Probation Service 37.0

1.4.00 6,500 see opposite

National Audit Office 5.0 36.0 25

1.4.00 790 see opposite

Education

Northern Exam Board (NEAB) 3.0 35.0 25

1.4.00 460