Aberdeen

Definitions:

Part-time duties: Work that would normally be worked during a Split or Late duty. In addition, work after 1300 hours on a Saturday and Sunday, or by local agreement.

It is proposed that:

1. Part-time duties will be constructed out of current or future work, to be completed by employees operating under a Contract of Employment whereby the hours are likely to be below 20 hours per week.
2. Collective agreements with regards to pay and conditions will be similar to full-time drivers. Holidays will be earned proportionate to those of full-time employees, but will be pro-rata for the hours worked.
3. Any work taken out of the full-time roster will not have any adverse effect on the accepted conditions of said roster. This is particularly important in respect of adverse effects on early or middle type duties.
4. The removal of work from the full-time roster will not have an adverse effect on the day off patterns within the full-time roster.
5. Should the need arise that work taken out for inclusion in the part-time roster has to be rescheduled within the full-time roster, this will only take place when all the part-time options have been exhausted, and a re-write of the receiving roster is necessary.
6. Any work removed from the full-time roster for the construction of the part-time roster will be within the terms of these proposals (split or late duties). In addition, work after 1300 hours on a Saturday and Sunday, or by local agreement, or additional weekend work that would otherwise disrupt current weekend off patterns.
7. All work transferred to the part-time roster shall be by individual agreement between the Company and TGWU representatives. Care will be taken to ensure that a balanced distribution of work removed is maintained, in line with the aims set out in clause 3 above.
8. Where work is taken out of the full-time roster, it will not normally be replaced with similar type work, unless all avenues to cover that work within the part-time roster have been exhausted. If for example 5 split duties are taken off the main sheet and put onto the part time roster we would not, in their place, add another 5 "new" split duties to the main roster, therefore keeping us within the local agreement. In the event of a number of part-time drivers leaving, the company reserves the right to put split duties back onto the main duty sheet, within the current agreements, and after consultation with the TGWU.
9. This agreement will be limited in the first instance to 20 part-time drivers. This figure may be increased following further negotiations between the Company and TGWU representatives.
10. Implementation date for this agreement will be 16 October 2005.
11. This agreement will be reviewed after a period of 12 month.
12. Normal roster negotiations with the TGWU will continue to take place in the event of any planned roster changes.
13. This agreement is subject to any limitations by statute, either current, or in the future.
14. Part-time PCV drivers will receive holidays on a pro rata basis in accordance with employment law. Payment will be at time and a third, less shift allowance.
15. Part time PCV drivers will receive Statutory Sick Pay but only if they qualify for this in accordance with employment law.
16. Hourly Rate - New Starter Rate - £7.1534 per hour.
17. Hourly Rate - OMO Rate (Existing PCV Licence Holder) - £8.1280 per hour.