JIB Industrial Determination 2008 / 2009 / 2010

1. WAGES RATES

Two different wage rates apply to JIB Graded operatives working on site, depending on whether the employer transports them to site, or whether they provide their own transport. The two categories are:

Job Employed (Transport Provided)

Payable to operatives who are transported to and from the job by their employers. Operatives travelling in their own time shall also be entitled to payment for Travelling Time, as detailed in the appropriate scale.

Job Employed (Own Transport)

Payable to operatives who travel by their own means to and from the job. Operatives under this category shall be entitled to payment for Travel Allowance and also, when travelling in their own time, to Travelling Time, as detailed in the appropriate scale.

There are separate rates to accommodate those few operatives who are employed permanently at the shop and who do not work on site. These rates are shown under Section 6 of this Determination.

It is acknowledged that the Union may wish to make representations to the Employers in the event that inflation, as measured by the CPI for January 2009 and January 2010, exceeds the level of increase set out under the terms of the JIB/SJIB Wage Agreement for these years.

2. WAGES 2008

From and including 7th January 2008 the JIB hourly rates for Job Employed Operatives shall be:

(i) National Standard Rates

(ii) London Rate

for Operatives engaged upon work falling within the terms of JIB National Working Rule 6.2 will be:

3. WAGES 2009

From and including 5th January 2009 the JIB hourly rates for Job Employed operatives shall be:

(i) National Standard Rates

(ii) London Rate

for Operatives engaged upon work falling within the terms of JIB National Working Rule 6.2 will be:

4. WAGES 2010

From and including 4th January 2010 the JIB hourly rates for Job Employed operatives shall be:

(i) National Standard Rates

(ii) London Rate

for Operatives engaged upon work falling within the terms of JIB National Working Rule 6.2 will be:

5. TRAVELLING TIME and TRAVEL ALLOWANCES

Operatives who are required to start and finish at the normal starting and finishing times on jobs which are 15 miles and over from the shop - in a straight line - shall receive payment for Travelling Time and, where transport is not provided by the employer, Travel Allowance, as follows:

(i) From and including 7th January 2008

(ii) From and including 5th January 2009

(iii) From and including 4th January 2010

6. WAGES - OPERATIVES EMPLOYED PERMANENTLY AT
THE SHOP

From and including 7th January 2008, 5th January 2009 and 4th January 2010 respectively, the JIB hourly rates for operatives employed permanently at the shop and nowhere else shall be:

(i) National Standard Rates

(ii) London Rate

for Operatives engaged upon work falling within the terms of JIB National Working Rule 6.2 will be:

7. LODGING ALLOWANCE

(a) 11.3.1 From the 7th January 2008 insert additional paragraph after first paragraph:

"Operatives who are required to lodge, or move from one lodging job to another, shall normally be provided with five days' notice of this requirement. Operatives shall co-operate with their employers, on short term jobbing contracts, where they may be required to lodge at short notice due to unforeseen circumstances".

(b) 11.3.1 Lodging Allowance & Retention Payments

From 7th January 2008

Lodging Allowance £29.60 per night

Future increases to be based upon the industry formula of the movement in the catering element of the Retail Price Index.

(c) To be added

"Recognising the increasing cost of lodging, the Employer shall not unreasonably refuse to reimburse bills as an alternative to the untaxed lodging allowance".

(d) Annual Holiday Retention Payments

From 7th January 2008

Increase from £5.85 per night (£40.95 per week)
to a maximum of £10.00 per night (£70.00 per week)

(a) 8.2 Payment

8.2.1 From 7th January 2008 to change to

"The number of hours to be worked at normal rates in any one week (Monday to Friday) before any overtime premium is calculated shall be 37½ hours".

Previously 38 hours.

(b) Consequential Changes

Rule 9.5 Overtime on Shifts to change from 38 to 37½ hours.

9. PERIOD RETURN FARES FOR OPERATIVES WHO LODGE

11.4.2 From 7th January 2008 to change

"On jobs over 100 miles and up to and including 200 miles from the Employer's Shop, return rail fares at the full standard rate from the job to the Employer's Shop, with 4 hours' travelling time at ordinary rates, shall be paid every 4 weeks".

to

"On jobs over 100 miles and up to and including 200 miles from the Employer's Shop, return rail fares at the full standard rate from the job to the Employer's Shop, with 4 hours' travelling time at ordinary rates, shall be paid every 3 weeks".

10. RULE 18 BEREAVEMENT LEAVE

From 7th January 2008

Change

"When such bereavement leave is granted Employers will pay the operative concerned for up to two normal working days at their basic hourly rate".

to

"When such bereavement leave is granted Employers will pay the operative concerned for up to three normal working days at their basic hourly rate".

11. RULE 14 JIB COMBINED BENEFITS SCHEME - SICKNESS WITH PAY

From and including 5th January 2009

Sickness Benefit will increase to:-

From and including 4th January 2010 the weekly Sickness Benefit will increase to:-

Notes

(i) "Others" covers Labourer, Adult Trainee, Senior Graded Electrical Trainee and Electrical Improver grades.

(ii) The JIB Sick Pay is in addition to SSP.

(iii) The benefit ceases after 28 weeks in any 52 week period.

12. TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION COSTS

Should an employer require their employees to undertake I.E.E. 17th Edition Regulations training then the costs involved will be met by the employer.

Possible funding avenues will be ascertained and utilized where employees are not required by their employers to undertake I.E.E. 17th Edition Regulations training.

13. JIB PENSION SCHEME

In the light of the forthcoming Government consultation leading to a Pensions Bill the ECA and Amicus will consider and decide how best to position the JIB Pension Scheme to meet the potential and actual provisions of the Pensions Bill.