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TNT drivers frustrated by lack of WTD change
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TNT concludes the second stage of its annual pay rise, but its drivers
feel let down by the VVID's Periods of Availability. David Harris reports.
TNT DRIVERS have received a 15p/hr pay rise as the second stage of their last annual increase before the Working Time Directive (WTD).However,drivers fear they will not benefit from the Directive.
The total annual rise was 33p/hr, saysTNT,taking pay up to £7.87/hr for 39 hours.The rate beyond that rises 5p/hr, to £7.92/hr.
TNT has been working to reduce the gap between basic pay and overtime pay and says it does not want any drivers to be out of pocket as a result of the WTD.
However, some drivers have expressed concern that they will work the same number of hours as before, but will have all but lost the differential between overtime and normal pay rates.
Both company and drivers seem concerned over the periods of availability regulations, which mean that non-driving time will not be counted as working time.
One driver says: "The company is asking us to register every second of non-driving time as a period of availability. I'd love to work a 48-hour week,but we are not gong to be doing that. The average now is around 55 hours and it's going to remain exactly the same."
Another driver, writing on the website Truck Net UK, says: "The period of availability seems to have stabbed us in the back."
A spokesman for TNT says: "It's well known that the company was concerned about periods of availability, but I don't think the drivers have anything to worry about. We certainly have no intention of them getting paid any less as a result of the changes."