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West Lothian Council is a Scrooge, says UniteStrike action will take place on 19th, 20th and 21st December followed by a further two days of action on 3rd and 4th January 2024, said the Unite union. The membership supported strike action by 96.3% and previously took strike action...

National Highways chief executive Nick HarrisNational Highways’ remuneration committee has altered the terms of the chief executive’s performance-related pay in response to the House of Commons transport select committee’s investigations into smart motorways. The chief executive can now earn a bonus based on traffic officer...

Pollution in Pitty BeckKeepmoat Homes, which owns the site at Heron’s Reach in Allerton, near Bradford, will donate £100,000. Applebridge Construction, which was contracted by Keepmoat Homes for the first phase of the development, will donate £35,000. An investigation by the Environment Agency found that...

There have been unexpected issues arising in adjudication since the 2018 Court of Appeal judgment of Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123. This has had an impact on claimants and defendants, as well as their legal advisers. S&T, a construction company,...

Robert S Charles craftsmanshipAn employment tribunal has ruled that Robert S Charles Ltd, which designs and builds bespoke kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms, falls within the scope of the training levy.   The CITB submitted five levy notices to Robert S Charles for the years 2016...

The government has declared Monday 19th September 2022 to be a national holiday to mark the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II. However, it has also said that it is up to employers to decide whether to allow their employees to have the day off....

Workers at the factory of Birtley Group and Bowater Doors in Chester-le-Street have agreed terms with their bosses for a 9% pay increase. Last month, after months of dispute over pay, the 124 Unite union members voted to take strike action and planned 29 days...

Balfour Beatty has agreed that, from January 2023, all electricians employed under the terms of the Joint Industry Board (JIB) or Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), the appropriate industrial agreements for electricians, will get 32 full days holiday pay Currently the workers receive full holiday...

Following a campaign by Unite, the union for construction workers, Kier’s 19,000 workers will now be able to claim up to £100 per day from day one of their illness; the statutory rate is £99.35 per week. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This is...

The workforce was all set to start 13 days of strike action tomorrow, 10th August but this will not now happen. A continuous overtime ban has also been suspended. The two companies are part of Hill & Smith Holdings and share premises in Chester-le-Street, County...

According to payroll services company Hudson Contract, construction labour rates averaged £918 a week in May 2022. This was 2.8% up on April’s £893, but April was a shorter working month because of the Easter holidays and April's average pay rate was 7% down on...

Labour rates on building sites in England and Wales dropped in April as “well-paid subbies took a well-earned break” during the Easter holidays, according to the construction industry’s biggest payroll company. Read Full Article: The Construction Index Source link

Keltbray’s mean gender pay gap in hourly pay has shrunk from 32.3% in 2017 to 28.11% in 2021. However, the 2021 figure has deteriorated since 2020, when it was 25.73%. Meanwhile the median gender pay gap in hourly pay was 22.19% in 2021, compared with...

CGI of Skelton Grange More than 500 construction workers will be employed on the £250m Skelton Grange project, which will burn 410,000 tonnes of Leeds municipal waste a year and provide power for 100,000 homes. The plant is being built by Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI)...

  Unite argues that employers can easily afford to pay workers wages that keep pace with living costs. The union also says that decent wages are a prerequisite for attracting new starters to the industry. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Construction workers are highly...