Pay in the Electricity, Gas and Water Industries 2006

Contents

Chapter 1 – Moving towards common terms and conditions

• The impact on pay of consolidation of ownership
• Changes of ownership in the electricity industry
• Ownership in the UK electricity industry 1990 and 2004
• Map of the UK electricity industry
• Jobs decline in the electricity, gas and water industries
• Structure of the UK electricity industry
• Industrial relations implications of industry regulation
• Ownership in the UK water industry
• Map of UK water industry
• Impact of skill shortages
• National bargaining in the utilities before privatisation
• Major power stations in the UK

Chapter 2 – Pay settlements and market rates

• Electricity, gas and water pay deals in 2004
• Significance of long-term agreements
• Case study: Job families and market salaries at British Gas

Chapter 3 – Pay of specific groups

• Developments in the three main bargaining groups
• Long-term pay trend for male manual workers
• Comparative craft rates in the utilities
• Benchmarking of rates for craft workers
• Case study: Strategic review for BG service engineers
• Long-term pay trend for male non-manual workers
• Pay for Second Engineers in the electricity industry
• Long-term pay trend for female non-manual workers
• Pay benchmarking and harmonisation in call centres
• Market rates and pay benchmarking
• Boardroom pay

Chapter 4 – Key bargaining issues

• Performance pay and incremental progression
• Standby and call-out arrangements
• Pensions

Chapter 5 – National bargaining before privatisation

• National bargaining in Electricity Supply
• National bargaining in Gas Supply
• National bargaining in the Water Industry

Chapter 6 – Directory of pay structures

• Anglian Water
• British Nuclear Fuels
• British Energy Generation (UK)
• British Gas
• EDF Energy
• Electrical Contracting JIB
• National Grid
• Scottish Water
• Severn Trent Water
• SP Power Systems
• Thames Water
• UKAEA
• Western Power Distribution