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Vehicle bodybuilders: minimum rates increased

KEY DETAILS

  • Pay award: flat-rate increases of between 25p and 30p an hour to minimum rates
  • Employees covered (nos.): 5,000
  • Effective date: 1 January 2007

New minimum hourly rates for employees in the commercial vehicle bodybuilding sector of the Vehicle Builders & Repairers Association (VBRA) have been set, effective from 1 January 2007. The rates have increased from £5.35 to £5.60 for labourers, from £5.67 to £5.94 for semi-skilled workers and from £6.33 to £6.63 for skilled workers.