§ 179. Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will compare the current overtime rates for (1) an agricultural worker;
(2) an underground miner;
(3) a surface worker employed by the National Coal Board and;
(4) a junior hospital doctor.
§ Mr. BoothFollowing is the information available on overtime payments:
(1) AGRICULTURE
England and Wales—Full-time agricultural workers (aged 20 and over).
423WGrade I, II and Craftworkers—£1.26 an hour for any work in excess of 8 hours on a weekday.
Other workers—Men, £1.14½ an hour for any work in excess of 8 hours on a weekday; Women*, £1 an hour for any work in excess of 8 hours on a weekday.
*Note.—Minimum weekly rates of wages for 40 hours range from £30.50 to £39.65 for men and from £26.69 to £39.65 for women.
Scotland—Fulltime Agricultural workers (aged 20 and over); men—£1.27 an hour for any work in excess of 8 hours on a week-day.
Women*—£1.14 an hour for any work in excess of 8 hours on a weekday.
Notes: (i) Minimum weekly rates of wages for all classes except qualified former apprentices range from: £31.50 to £37.30 (£36.70 for stockmen) for men and from £28.35 to £33 for women*.
(ii) Overtime is work in excess of 40 hours a week in the case of general workers and over 44 hours a week, on average, in the case of stock workers.
*Equal pay for women is to be introduced by 29th December.
(2) & (3) COALMINING (National Coal Board)
Underground and surface workers (18 years and over)—Time and a half of shift rates on weekdays, double time at weekends from the Saturday afternoon shift.
Notes:
- (i) The national standard weekly rates of wages of underground workers (other than craftsmen) range from £47 to £61 and the weekly rates of surface workers (other than craftsmen) range from £41 to £50.25.
- (ii) The normal working week for under-ground workers is one of five consecutive shifts, each of 7¼ hours plus one winding time. The normal working week for surface workers is 40 hours inclusive of meal times to be worked in five consecutive shifts of 8 hours.
(4) JUNIOR HOSPITAL DOCTORS
Junior hospital doctors do not have contracts which include overtime payment systems similar to those available for manual workers, but are entitled to claim extra duty allowances for duty performed within their entitlement to off-duty time—currently about 88 hours a week on average. The current rates of extra duty allowances are:
House Office £9.75 per unit Senior House Office £12.50 per unit Registrar £14.50 per unit Senior Registrar £17.70 per unit (A unit may be either an afternoon, evening or weekend day within the off-duty entitlement.)