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Post by charleyfarley on Oct 5, 2012 10:00:00 GMT
... abolished the train operator grade and rehired train operators as self-employed contractors at a lower rate of pay, less holidays and no staff travel. Self employed train operators would be responsible for arrangng their own National Insurance and Income Tax
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Post by 21146 on Oct 5, 2012 10:18:51 GMT
There would probably be a long strike and then a court case.
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Post by class411 on Oct 5, 2012 10:35:34 GMT
London would come to a standstill for a certain small amount of time before the government sacked the TfL board and appointed a new lot who would rapidly reverse the decision.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2012 17:53:16 GMT
If they abolished the TOp grade they'd either have to offer us redundancy packages or they'd have to redeploy us to other existing grades at the same salary. Half of the TOps would probably take the money and run and as most of the IOps have been here donkeys and would get the biggest pay offs there would be very few people to train up the replacements. We'd probably get by with opening around 7am, closing around 11pm and a train every half hour in the off peak and at weekends. We might have to close on Sundays.
Class413 - the governemnt don't appoint the TfL board, the Mayor does. The Mayor is also the TfL chairman.
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Post by crusty54 on Oct 5, 2012 18:03:30 GMT
If you are self employed you cannot work on just one contract without upsetting HMRC.
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Post by class411 on Oct 5, 2012 18:12:41 GMT
Class413 - the governemnt don't appoint the TfL board, the Mayor does. The Mayor is also the TfL chairman. And thus, for the purposes of this discussion, the MOL constitutes 'the government', albeit local. Although that's just weaseling out of my mistake.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2012 3:25:38 GMT
Aaaahhhhhh, hello, aahhhh, well, I've just sacked myself, which I think is a marvelous idea, will be iconic and it won't cost the tax payer a penny! Errr, nil desperandum, eh!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2012 9:50:08 GMT
and then what happens when none of your self employed train ops dont want to work on a sunday or a large number decide to have a holiday for the same two weeks in august?
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Post by 21146 on Oct 6, 2012 11:32:20 GMT
and then what happens when none of your self employed train ops dont want to work on a sunday or a large number decide to have a holiday for the same two weeks in august? That situation happens regularly in the licensed cab trade which is why LU's staff taxi provision is so sporadic. |
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