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Vehicle bodybuilders: Hourly rates increased


Key details

Pay award: flat-rate increase of between 29p and 33p an hour

Employees covered (nos.): manuals (5,000)

Effective date: 1 January 2005

New minimum hourly rates for employees in the commercial vehicle bodybuilding sector of the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association (VBRA) have been agreed, effective from 1 January 2005. As a result, minimum hourly rates have been increased from £4.62 to £4.95 for labourers, from £5.21 to £5.50 for semi-skilled workers, and from £5.83 to £6.15 for skilled workers.