Terms of B.R.S.
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30 m.p.h.
GREEMENTS have been reached " Transport and General Workers' calculation of drivers' pay with the intr
on the 30-mph. speed limit. The most scheme for drivers who now do their The various modified agreements are as new schedules are introduced. A grading system is to be brought into effect for the benefit of men whose experience qualifies them for' the driving of vehicles involving higher pay, but who cannot be promoted because there are no vacancies at the depots at which they are employed.
The system provides for "vacancy areas" covering either one depot or a group reasonably close to one another. Joint committees will determine suitable vacancy areas, and promotions will be available for all drivers at the depots in any one.
Training for Higher Pay New entrants will normally start work on the lowest-rated vehicle in the depot at which they are recruited, but they will be given the opportunity to train for higher-rated vehicles. After passing a test, they will be placed on the area promotion lists, covering all depots. Vacancies will be offered on a seniority basis.
Any driver promoted to a higher-rated vehicle will be on probation for a year before being permanently rated at the higher pay. He will retain his higher rating even if he may occasionally be required to drive lower-rated vehicles, but he may be down-graded at his own request or by disciplinary action.
For existing staff, arrangements have been made that those who have served a year at their present grade will be rated as permanent in that grade; others will be given permanency on completion of 12 months.
The compensation scheme is to take the place of the various bonus systems inherited from the acquired undertakings, who paid for extra effort in many different ways. The scheme is based on three factors. The first is the length of time during which a man has been receiving any kind of bonus under previous rules, and the second is the amount of bonus either in cash or hours. Third comes the regularity with which any bonus has been paid.
£12 10s. a Point
Points, each worth £.12 10s.. are to be allotted in accordance with the first factor. A man who gained bonuses before the coming of B.R.S. and continued to earn them under nationalization will be awarded 10 points. Those who started working to a bonus on or after January 1, 1949, and before January 1, 1954, will get eight points, and those who qualified after January 1, 1954, and before July 1, 1957, up to October 1, 1958, will have three points. Those who started work on a bonus basis after October 1 last year will get one point.