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Corrugated packaging workers: new deal worth 2.865%


Key details

  • Pay award: 2.865% on minimum rates

  • Employees covered (nos.): manual workers (5,000)

  • Effective date: 1 September 2003

  • Negotiations on the multi-employer agreement covering manual workers in the corrugated packaging industry have resulted in a 2.865% pay rise, yielding flat-rate increases in adult day work rates of between £5.23 and £6.50 a week. The deal, effective from 1 September 2003, also raises the weekly minimum earnings levels by £5.98, from £208.78 to £214.76 for a 37.5-hour week. In addition, paternity leave provision is improved by two days, to five days paid at full pay.