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Wage hourly rates new and old

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Barnacle
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Re: Wage hourly rates new and old

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postmanzach wrote:
01 May 2026, 10:36
A2B wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 16:41
postmanzach wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 08:51

If you paid for you breaks you’re working 33.3 hours right? Yes you are at work could argue that but it’s a decent benefit. We are paid to not be working which means it’s about 33 hours of work a week.
And about £20 delivery supplement. 526 basic? So 546/33.3
That's an amazingly bad way of working out your wage
How would you do it then?
If you are on a 37 hour contract and have paid breaks, you are working a 37 hour week.
You have a start time and a finish time and your breaks sit within those two edges of your contract hours.
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
Thommo44
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Re: Wage hourly rates new and old

Post by Thommo44 »

postmanzach wrote:
01 May 2026, 10:36
A2B wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 16:41
postmanzach wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 08:51

If you paid for you breaks you’re working 33.3 hours right? Yes you are at work could argue that but it’s a decent benefit. We are paid to not be working which means it’s about 33 hours of work a week.
And about £20 delivery supplement. 526 basic? So 546/33.3
That's an amazingly bad way of working out your wage
How would you do it then?
The hourly rate is the hourly rate, you can factor in delivery supplement but pension, breaks and the like should not be used to inflate or reduce the rate. Try working out the hourly rate for your colleagues who come in an hour early and don’t take any breaks. (I will do an example later).
Thommo44
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Re: Wage hourly rates new and old

Post by Thommo44 »

Thommo44 wrote:
01 May 2026, 17:55
postmanzach wrote:
01 May 2026, 10:36
A2B wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 16:41
postmanzach wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 08:51

If you paid for you breaks you’re working 33.3 hours right? Yes you are at work could argue that but it’s a decent benefit. We are paid to not be working which means it’s about 33 hours of work a week.
And about £20 delivery supplement. 526 basic? So 546/33.3
That's an amazingly bad way of working out your wage
How would you do it then?
The hourly rate is the hourly rate, you can factor in delivery supplement but pension, breaks and the like should not be used to inflate or reduce the rate. Try working out the hourly rate for your colleagues who come in an hour early and don’t take any breaks. (I will do an example later).
Rough working out @£14.22 per hour
30 hours £426.60, but if you work an hour a day for nothing so 35 hours for your paid 30 hours the rate goes down to £12.19 or 52pence per hour less than minimum wage.
Rough working out @£13.06 per hour
30 hours £391.80, but if they work an hour a day for nothing £11.19, illegal but both the business and the union allow it to happen
Thommo44
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Re: Wage hourly rates new and old

Post by Thommo44 »

Thommo44 wrote:
01 May 2026, 17:55
postmanzach wrote:
01 May 2026, 10:36
A2B wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 16:41
postmanzach wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 08:51

If you paid for you breaks you’re working 33.3 hours right? Yes you are at work could argue that but it’s a decent benefit. We are paid to not be working which means it’s about 33 hours of work a week.
And about £20 delivery supplement. 526 basic? So 546/33.3
That's an amazingly bad way of working out your wage
How would you do it then?
The hourly rate is the hourly rate, you can factor in delivery supplement but pension, breaks and the like should not be used to inflate or reduce the rate. Try working out the hourly rate for your colleagues who come in an hour early and don’t take any breaks. (I will do an example later).
Rough working out @£14.22 per hour
30 hours £426.60, but if you work an hour a day for nothing so 35 hours for your paid 30 hours the rate goes down to £12.19 or 52pence per hour less than minimum wage.
Rough working out @£13.06 per hour
30 hours £391.80, but if they work an hour a day for nothing £11.19, illegal but both the business and the union allow it to happen
Barnacle
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Re: Wage hourly rates new and old

Post by Barnacle »

Thommo44 wrote:
01 May 2026, 18:22
Thommo44 wrote:
01 May 2026, 17:55
postmanzach wrote:
01 May 2026, 10:36
A2B wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 16:41
postmanzach wrote:
28 Apr 2026, 08:51

If you paid for you breaks you’re working 33.3 hours right? Yes you are at work could argue that but it’s a decent benefit. We are paid to not be working which means it’s about 33 hours of work a week.
And about £20 delivery supplement. 526 basic? So 546/33.3
That's an amazingly bad way of working out your wage
How would you do it then?
The hourly rate is the hourly rate, you can factor in delivery supplement but pension, breaks and the like should not be used to inflate or reduce the rate. Try working out the hourly rate for your colleagues who come in an hour early and don’t take any breaks. (I will do an example later).
Rough working out @£14.22 per hour
30 hours £426.60, but if you work an hour a day for nothing so 35 hours for your paid 30 hours the rate goes down to £12.19 or 52pence per hour less than minimum wage.
Rough working out @£13.06 per hour
30 hours £391.80, but if they work an hour a day for nothing £11.19, illegal but both the business and the union allow it to happen
You’re not working an hour a day for nothing. That hour you should be doing naff all. Take the break, down tools and do nowt.

Far too many New Contract workers are NOT taking their breaks. That makes you a double muppet. They’ve made you come in early to cover your break and then you don’t take the break?!? Do absolutely nothing during break. Nothing.
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
Thommo44
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Re: Wage hourly rates new and old

Post by Thommo44 »

You’re not working an hour a day for nothing. That hour you should be doing naff all. Take the break, down tools and do nowt.

Far too many New Contract workers are NOT taking their breaks. That makes you a double muppet. They’ve made you come in early to cover your break and then you don’t take the break?!? Do absolutely nothing during break. Nothing.
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There are plenty in every office that do work an hour a day for nothing, even if it means going in half an hour early and not taking a break. We all work alongside them
qwerty2
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Re: Wage hourly rates new and old

Post by qwerty2 »

MW says backpay for old contracts get it on Tuesday
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