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BNFL: 3.7% rise


Key details

Pay award: 3.7% basic pay rise

Employees covered (nos.): non-industrials (6,000); industrials (4,500)

Effective date: 1 April 2005

The second and final year of a two-year pay and conditions agreement at British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) has now come into force. Under the terms of the deal, negotiated by the company with the Prospect, Amicus, GMB, TGWU and UCATT unions, basic rates and most ancillary allowances are increased by the equivalent of the annual increase in the headline retail prices index in February 2005 (3.2%), plus 0.5%, giving a total uplift of 3.7%.