ERR confusion

Confusion surrounds ERR compensation payments made this month in London Operations.

Details of payments as proposed, which are designed to compensate for the withdrawal of short terms acting payments (ERR), are given below.

The proposals were made in July, with Technical Services figures amended this month.

However some of the numbers detailed have been questioned by your representatives. The impact of recent promotion Boards in some areas has also been raised.

A response from management is awaited in order to update the figures below.

To add confusion management have written to some staff stating they would be receiving payments that do not seem to relate to the proposed figures. Subsequently some of the payments that actually took place in the December payroll are not even in line with these figures!

This confused situation is not acceptable, and brings into question the terms of the settlement that resolved the industrial action in August of this year.

18.07.01 version below with 06.12.01 Technical Services update:

Category Numbers
receiving
ERR		 Total ERR 50% average
per category		 Notes
Post Production
Assistants 89 £19908 £119 1
Sound 6 £797 £66.50
Section Assistants 39 £480 £6 2
Studios
Vision Mixers ---- ---- ---- 3
Studio Engineers 20 £2650 £66
Cameramen 40 £2440 £30.50 4
LVCs 24 £8042 £167.50
Scenic Ops 20 £18 £0.54
Sound 38 £25608 £247 5
Technical Services
Engineers 37 £12432 £168 11
Stores 11 £3654 £105
Outside Broadcasts
Riggers 19 £1614 £42.50 6
Mechanical Workshops 12 £373 £15.50
Comms Engineers 14 £492 £17.50
Cameramen 9 £7450 £4142 7
VT Engineers 8 £377 £23.50 8
Vision Engineers 19 £541 £14 9
Sound 14 £1676 £60 10

Notes numbered on above table:

  1. Total ERR consist of £17513 for Post Production Assistants and £2395 for Operational Support.
  2. Total ERR consist of £212 for Telecine and £268 for Tape Services Dispatch.
  3. There is no acting with the Vision Mixers section - this had been previously incorrectly included because of attachments into Studio from the Regions.
  4. Numbers receiving ERR excludes 1 x SFS.
  5. Staff numbers include some that have subsequently transferred to Post Production in the VCA (Presentation) - the total ERR is broken down as £18780 (Studios) and £6828 (Post).
  6. Numbers receiving ERR excludes 1 x SFS.
  7. Numbers receiving ERR excludes 12 x SFS.
  8. Numbers receiving ERR excludes 5 x SFS.
  9. Numbers receiving ERR excludes 2 x SFS.
  10. Numbers receiving ERR excludes 5 x SFS.
  11. Figures updated 6 December 2001 - Engineers include 12xSenior Engineers, 15xEngineers, 8xSenior Technicians, 2xTechnicians.
Further points:
  1. 50% average per category figure is the sum that will be consolidated per qualifying individual subject to a minimum consolidation of £75.
  2. 50% average per category figures rounded to nearest £0.50.
  3. Those SFS (Special Fixed Salary) arrangements excluded from payments since not subject to ERR payments.
  4. ERR consolidation will not be applicable to those proposed to be promoted.
  5. Because of the proposed promotions ERR consolidation payments may increase for individuals in some categories.
  6. ERR consolidation will be applicable to those to be permanent acting or 50% acting (these positions will not be assigned to individuals on an ongoing basis).
  7. The 'numbers receiving ERR' column in the table excludes the 'numbers receiving ERR...' given in the notes above.
18 December 2001