RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2024 – DARTLINE

Our Ref: B/0001/D

 

6^th September 2024

 

REMINDER TO VOTE – REFERENDUM CLOSES AT 10:00AM TUESDAY 10^THSEPTEMBER 2024

 

Dear RMT Member,

 

RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2024 – DARTLINE

 

Further to my previous correspondence, the e-referendum is open for members to vote until 10:00am on Tuesday 10^th September 2024, and I urge you to cast your vote to have your say on the offer. As a reminder, the offer is:

 

      Option One

 

      Year 1 – Effective 31^st March 2024

 

• The Dartline headline drivers’ hourly rate of £13.75 will increase to £14.30
• All other grades and covered by the collective agreement will increase by 4%
• The minimum increase to be applied to any hourly rate will be £0.55p
• The company wide minimum hourly rate will be £12.48
• Initial sick pay benefit scheme will be implemented (as soon as reasonably practicable)
• 80% of minimum guaranteed hours times two weeks
• 50% of minimum guaranteed hours times two weeks
• Access to Go Ahead pension scheme and scheme benefits will be implemented (as soon as reasonably practicable)
• Funded access to WPA NHS top up scheme at level 1 will be funded for all employees (as soon as reasonably practicable)

 

      Year 2 – Effective 30^th March 2025

 

• All rates will increase by CPI plus 1% or
• The Dartline headline drivers’ hourly rate of £14.30 will increase to £15.08
• All other grades covered by the collective agreement will increase by 5.45%
• The minimum increase to be applied to any hourly rate will be £0.78p 
• The company wide minimum hourly rate will be £13.16
• Sick pay benefit scheme will be expanded as follows:
• Less than 1 years’ service = 80% x two weeks and 50% x two weeks
• 1 to 5 years’ service = 80% x four weeks and 50% x four weeks
• More than five years’ service = 80% x twelve weeks and 50% x twelve weeks 

 

      Option Two – Effective 31^st March 2024

 

• The Dartline headline drivers’ hourly rate of £13.75 will increase to £14.35
• All other grades and covered by the collective agreement will increase by 4.36%
• The minimum increase to be applied to any hourly rate will be £0.60p
• The company wide minimum hourly rate will be £12.52
• Initial sick pay benefit scheme will be introduced as soon as reasonably practicable:
• Less than 1 years’ service = 80% x two weeks and 50% x two weeks
• 1 to 5 years’ service = 80% x four weeks and 50% x four weeks
• More than five years’ service = 80% x twelve weeks and 50% x twelve weeks

 

The union’s National Executive Committee has considered the views of your Lead Officer and recommends that you vote to ACCEPT OPTION ONE.

 

You will have received an email from RMT referenda, and it will contain your voting link and instructions on how to cast it. If you have not received this, please check your junk/spam folders before either emailing referenda@rmt.org.uk or ringing the helpline on 0800 376 3706.

 

VOTE TO ACCEPT OPTION ONE

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Michael Lynch

General Secretary