PAY DATA
Survey of shift pay premia
Around one in seven UK employees -- nearly 3.5 million in total -- regularly work shifts. Incomes Data Services has published a survey on the payments made to compensate employees for the varying degree of inconvenience and disruption associated with different shift patterns.
IDS found that for particularly unsocial or onerous rotas, involving both night and weekend hours, these payments can often be as high as £6,000 to £8,000 a year.
| What you will find in this report |
| The main focus of this 25-page report is on the payments made for working various shift patterns, including two-shift/double-days, three-shift semi-continuous, alternating days/nights, extended days/weekends, permanent nigh shifts and continuous arrangements (eight-hour and 12-hour shifts). The study also looks at meal and tea breaks for shiftworkers and considers how shift pay and overtime pay interact. Approaches to compensation for loss of earnings when employees move off shifts at the company's request are also covered. |
| Glossary Shiftworking has its own specialist vocabulary (e.g. "semi-continuous" and "continental" shifts). A glossary of frequently-used shiftworking terms is included in the study. It is available at www.incomesdata.co.uk/studies/shiftworking.htm |
| Company practice Gives details of the shift patterns and premia in 29 named organisations across a variety of sectors. |
Want to know more?
Title: "Shift pay", IDS HR Studies September 2005, Incomes Data Services.
Availability: To order your copy contact customer services at Incomes Data Services in London, tel: 020 7324 2599.
IDS is a leading UK information and research service on employment issues, providing a range of publications for employers, unions, government departments and other agencies. To find out more visit www.incomesdata.co.uk
Posted 3 October 2005