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New Wages Deal for Another Oil Firm
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pAID overtime is to be completely eradicated under a new productivity pact, announced by another oil firm last week. Under the scheme, agreed between Mobil Oil and the TGWU, if overtime is found to he necessary it will be compensated for by time off in lieu and not by any additional payment.
The pact, which will affect more than 900 workers employed at 22 centres, will give the men a guaranteed annual wage of up to £1,320 a year in place of their existing hourly rates of pay. It follows a successful pilot study introduced at Mobil's Coryton refinery in January of last year and came into effect on Monday of last week. In many cases the new rates of pay represent an increase of 30 per cent on the present basic pay.
In the case of a tanker driver, for instance, his present wage packet averages £22 10s. a week for a 59-hour week. Under the new arrangements he will be asked to work either a five-day. 40-hour week from Monday to Friday in which case his new rate will be £20 7s. 8d.—or a 44-hour week spread over five days between Monday and Saturday, in which case he will be paid £24 4s. 7d.