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« Reply #2580 on: December 20, 2024, 17:10:17 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on December 20, 2024, 16:49:51
................what a difference double time makes to the desire to spend time with one's family!  Wink

….. but previously there were people saying drivers don’t want the overtime because they’ve had a huge pay rise!!!! 
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« Reply #2581 on: December 20, 2024, 17:12:02 »
A way of paying off the overspend of that pay over Christmas (holidays & presents)
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« Reply #2582 on: December 21, 2024, 21:40:49 »
Secretary of State confirms that the pay rise has made matters worse.....

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/christmas-travel-pay-rise-transport-secretary-heidi-alexander/
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« Reply #2583 on: December 22, 2024, 08:14:21 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on December 21, 2024, 21:40:49
Secretary of State confirms that the pay rise has made matters worse.....

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/christmas-travel-pay-rise-transport-secretary-heidi-alexander/

but the higher basic pay may encourage more people to try and join the railways, if the companies are allowed to employ them.
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« Reply #2584 on: December 22, 2024, 09:52:16 »
Quote from: ChrisB on December 20, 2024, 11:02:58
All the employment on-costs that apply to staff - final salary pension, employment taxes, additional depot space, that sort of thing - it all adds up. Overtime just attracts a small amount of additional NI.

But a reliance on overtime and/or rest day working demonstrably prevents GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) from running a half-way decent service leading to the public using other forms of transport, or not travelling at all, and a consequential significant loss of revenue.
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« Reply #2585 on: December 22, 2024, 12:33:29 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on December 21, 2024, 21:40:49
Secretary of State confirms that the pay rise has made matters worse.....

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/christmas-travel-pay-rise-transport-secretary-heidi-alexander/

….. or is it just a poor excuse covering for a issue of their own making.

Raise the rest day payment during the week and the result should have been obvious, more so, as that mistake has been made before.
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« Reply #2586 on: December 22, 2024, 15:21:53 »
As predicted a much better service on GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) today with, as far as I know, only cancellations to Barnstaple and Okehampton due to the forecast of high winds.

However there a number of long distance services with either no or reduced catering.  At least these are advertised on Journeycheck so affected passengers can make alternative arrangements.
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« Reply #2587 on: December 22, 2024, 17:37:25 »
Quote from: a-driver on December 20, 2024, 17:10:17
Quote from: TaplowGreen on December 20, 2024, 16:49:51
................what a difference double time makes to the desire to spend time with one's family!  Wink

….. but previously there were people saying drivers don’t want the overtime because they’ve had a huge pay rise!!!! 

Flash enough cash...
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« Reply #2588 on: December 22, 2024, 21:23:45 »
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Quote from: a-driver on December 20, 2024, 17:10:17
Quote from: TaplowGreen on December 20, 2024, 16:49:51
................what a difference double time makes to the desire to spend time with one's family!  Wink

….. but previously there were people saying drivers don’t want the overtime because they’ve had a huge pay rise!!!! 

Flash enough cash...

I wonder though…..financially, what is better for GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)?

A mass of cancellations, replacement coaches, taxis, accommodation and delay repay OR raising the rate of pay and covering the jobs.
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« Reply #2589 on: December 22, 2024, 21:25:35 »
The Dft I assume you mean? GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) won't be paying
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« Reply #2590 on: December 23, 2024, 06:26:00 »
Quote from: ChrisB on December 22, 2024, 21:25:35
The Dft I assume you mean? GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) won't be paying

The taxpayer I assume you mean?
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« Reply #2591 on: December 26, 2024, 20:06:39 »
.......well, after two days without a single full or part cancellation due to staff shortages, they're starting to roll in thick and fast for Friday 27........
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