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Scots drivers win JIC rise
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A group of Aberdeen drivers will be celebrating this week after winning a long-running pay
dispute. Guy Sheppard reports.
MORE THAN 20 drivers have won a long-running dispute over their right to a pay rise negotiated on behalf of hire-or-reward drivers throughout Scotland.
Although the local joint industrial council (JIC) agreement is not automatically binding on employers in the industry, the Transport & General Workers Union says it forms an integral part of drivers' contracts at Aberdeen-based JOB Transport.
The case was due to be heard by an EmploymentTribunal later this month (March) but this will be avoided because JGB's parent group PHW has backed down.
A spokesman for PHW explains that when it originally acquired JOB Transport four months ago it was unaware of the JIC agreement's implications.
"Now that we're aware of the full facts, we're anxious to put things right as soon as possible," he adds. "The company has now instructed its lawyers to notify the Tribunal that it accepts liability for the back pay and to agree compensation to the claimants."
Tommy Campbell, T&G regional industrial organiser, says this back pay amounts to hundreds of pounds for each driver. "JGB has been paying the JIC rate for decades," he points out.
Campbell adds that a commitment to honour the agreement is an explicit part of contracts for longer-serving drivers and is clearly implied in contracts for newer drivers.
The JIC agreement, which covers the year from April 2005,raised the basic hourly rate of £7 by 3.5% and boosted overtime rates by 10% (CM 8 September 2005).