wacko74 wrote:I suppose it depends how much higher the higher amount is and how long a period of getting paid the higher amount it would take us to claw back the back pay!
Thats the short term view.
The long-term view is that all future rises we get will be compounded on top of this rise. SO a 3% rise followed by a 2.6 % rise is a 5.68% rise. But a 2.2% followed by the 2.6% = 4.85% pay rise.
That means a difference of nearly 1% pay rise just for this year and that difference will just bigger and bigger for each pay rise going forward.
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Well yes TBT if the figures are anything like you've illustrated there then it is a no brainer... but if the higher amount is someting like 0.05% higher then it's a different matter.
dingo wrote:Fleet will have the same pay rise as the rest of Royal Mail Group and Parcelforce.
Network and Professional Drivers already have less than a 39 hour working week as they do not have paid meal reliefs. INetwork and Professional Drivers in Mail Centres
will get an extra 2.6% pay rise based on the hour reduction. However there are discussions about reintroducing paid meal reliefs so it depends on how successful this is.
I don't see this in the agreement or is thetalking till September?
I have just spent an hour or two reading the agreement. Not sure if it said about an extra 2.6% but it did mention discussions about paid meal relief would take place for those who don't OFFICIALLY receive it.
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Your monthly/weekly top line basic will drop with reduced hours, although your hourly rate will increase.
This reduces the 5% rise being touted about.
You haven't read the agreement properly. There is a 5% rise plus an additional rise later. It is a three year pay deal. The shorter working week (SWW) plan is to take us from a 40 hour to a 35 hour week but you still get paid for a 40 hour week. It's going to take a few more years to get to the 35 hours though.
The pay rise is groundbreaking in that most people will not get a pay rise anything like that percentage. We have to be aware of course that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The written agreement is very vague in terms of working conditions and delivery methods. Reading between the lines I can see everything I thought would happen and more that I hadn't imagined. Given the result of the strike ballot everyone is fired up this time so the future is truly 'an undiscovered country'.
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and that difference will just bigger and bigger for each pay rise going forward.