JIB Industrial Determination 2005/2006/2007

Promulgated by the JIB National Board on the 26th July 2004 to be effective from the dates shown.

1. WAGE RATES

Since the 7th January 2002, two different wage rates have applied 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 be entitled to payment for Travel 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 Travel 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.

2. WAGES 2005

From and including 10th January 2005 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 2006

From and including 9th January 2006 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 2007

From and including 8th January 2007 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 TRAVELLING 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 10th January 2005

(ii) From and including 9th January 2006

(iii) From and including 8th January 2007

6. WAGES - OPERATIVES EMPLOYED PERMANENTLY AT THE SHOP

From and including 10th January 2005, 9th January 2006 and 8th January 2007 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(b) will be:

7. MEDICAL HEALTH CARE

Because of the substantial increases which have taken place in the cost of medical insurance, it has been agreed to introduce an excess deductible on BUPA claims, with effect from 10th January 2005, of £150.00 per claim including all treatments relating to specific medical conditions.

To ensure that operatives who make more than one claim in a year are not unreasonably affected, it has been further agreed that the excess deductible will apply once only in any one year period (January - December).

8. ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT

As from the 10th January 2005, Accidental Death Benefit payable in the event of death occurring as the result of an accident on site will be increased to £50,000. This will provide a total benefit of £67,000 for death resulting from an on-site accident i.e. £50,000 Accidental Death Benefit plus the £17,000 Death Benefit which is payable on death from any cause.

The existing Accidental Death Benefit of £12,500 will, however, continue to apply in the event of death occurring as the result of an accident when travelling to or from work, in which case the total benefit will continue to be £29,500 i.e. £12,500 Accidental Death Benefit plus the £17,000 Death Benefit which is payable on death from any cause.

9. PERIOD RETURN FARES FOR OPERATIVES WHO LODGE

With effect from 10th January 2005, National Working Rules 11.4.1, 11.4.2. and 11.4.3 will be amended as follows:

11.4.1 On jobs up to and including 100 miles from the Employer's Shop, return rail fares at the full standard rate from the job to the Employer's Shop, without travelling time, shall be paid for every two weeks.

11.4.2 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.

11.4.3 On jobs over 200 miles from the Employer's Shop, return rail fares at the full standard rate from the job to the Employer's Shop, with 7.5 hours' travelling time at ordinary rates, shall be paid every 2 weeks.

10. PAID HOLIDAYS

With effect from 9th January 2006, all 30 days of holiday (22 days' annual holiday and 8 days' public holiday) are to be paid at the normal earnings level, as defined in the Working Time Regulations and Sections 221 - 224 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

11. LODGING ALLOWANCE

It has been agreed that a joint Union/Employers team will meet with the Inland Revenue to try to agree increases in Lodging Allowance.

12. SICK PAY

It has been agreed to establish a Working Party to examine Sick Pay and to focus in particular on the position of long-term employees absent from work because of long-term sickness.

13. ON SHORE AGREEMENT

No increase to the rates of pay under the Onshore Agreement was agreed. A Working Party will be established to examine the continuing need for the Onshore Agreement.

* To 1st October 2006 from this date Adult Trainees (Under 21) are paid the same rate of pay as Adult Trainees due to the impact of the employment equality (Age) Regulation 2006.