Appreciate the reply but does that mean regardless if it’s one toc that hasn’t had a response or 5 no back pay can be processed until they have fully responded like can they start issue payback to just the tocs that have had results/response
Didn't the ASLEF ballot close only a week before the RMT one given it was open for a month being a postal rather than digital ballot?
I would imagine that TOCs will work individually on payments, certainly different TOCs are paying it out differently. If your company has received formal notification from all relevant unions then it's free to make payments I would imagine.
Yes, ASLEF do generally represent one grade though. RMT represent several within a company. RMT also represent some workers within companies that have had a national living wage increase within the year also, so these calculations will be more complex.
I agree. Happy if it's all paid in November, not if it's split or paid later than that.
There will be many staff within each business who will need substantially more complex calculations than just a percentage of their basic salary. Overtime payments at various differing rates, enhancements for all manner of additional duties, and so on. It’s a complicated and time consuming business, which is why many firms are likely to split it with the more simple enhancement on basic salary paid first, and then the percentage for overtime etc paid later. It simply takes longer to work it all out.
It took me around 25-30 minutes to load up each payslip, enter hours for each category and apply the relevant equation. I did that for every pay slip from the relevant anniversary. I could easily take the template and add code to pull each employees numbers, therefore I'd expect a payroll department to be able to do the same.
I don't think anyone has an issue with backpay being paid during the next pay cycle. Some TOCs have stated payments will be made over 2 payments where drivers where made over 1 in some TOCs. My query would be how would drivers be paid 3 years pay in a single payment yet conductors due 2 years payment be paid over 2 months/periods be seen as needing to accept that as fine
Payroll teams are sized for the amount of work they normally need to do and will have limited capacity for extra requests. There are also immovable deadlines when payroll needs to be finalised which depending on organisation can be weeks before people receive the money.
Dont forget that RMT/TSSA/Unite offer will cover multiple grades, many of them with different elements of pay that will need backpay calculating on , not just conductors .
Unless someone really desperately needs the money, in which case there will presumably be issues at play beyond just a payrise, I don’t really see why it should be an issue? What does it matter, as long as the amount is duly paid?
It’ll be the bonus you’ve not got.
