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Clarification - The Standardisation of Employment

Contracts in
Maintenance & Works Delivery to Carillion/GTRM
(IMC25)

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Summary of Key Points of Clarification

1. IMC25 is the standard contract for new starters, including apprentices.

2. The standard contract (IMC25) will be offered on promotion to current colleagues but isn’t compulsory i.e. colleagues can stay on their
existing IMC contract.

3. Ex-apprentices who, as part of the agreed recruitment pause, received a salary increase to the relevant IMC salary but not an IMC contract
will have the choice of the applicable IMC contract or IMC25 on appointment to first permanent role

4. An expression of interest window will operate for colleagues interested in exploring the benefits of a voluntary lateral transfer to IMC25.
Transfers will take effect from 1st October 2024.

5. There are c10,000 colleagues in Maintenance & Works Delivery, 67 different contracts and pay, premiums etc varies - its complicated.

6. 4,800 (c45%) colleagues would be overall better off, on average by 6%, if they transferred to the standard contract, which provides the
most generous annual leave & London allowances. 67% would be better off on base salary.

7. Creates a route for Amey ‘40 hour’ colleagues to transition to a 35-hour week and benefit from an increase in their pensionable pay, for
future service, from 60% of salary to the maximum of salary (in line with pension rules)

8. All 3 grades, Operatives, Technicians & Team Leaders benefit from the IMC25 base salary

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Standard Contract for Maintenance & Works Delivery

• All newly recruited colleagues (Operatives, Technicians and Team Leaders) to the Maintenance & Works Delivery
organisations will only be appointed on the contract currently known as the GTRM/Carillion (IMC25) contract. This is the
standard contract for the Maintenance and Works Delivery organisations.

• Colleagues currently employed in the Maintenance & Works Delivery organisations are unaffected by the standardisation
of employment contracts for new recruits and will remain on their current contract of employment.

• In the case of promotion, colleagues employed on an IMC contract other than the standard contract (GTRM/Carillion) will
be offered the choice of promotion on their existing contract or the standard contract.

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GTRM/Carillion (IMC 025) Annual Base Salary

Annual Base Salary New Salary Total increase %
Grade/Level Current effective 1 Oct 2022 Based on tabled pay
Based on tabled pay offer
offer
Level 1 Operative
Off-track, OLE, Rail Testing & Infrastructure, Track Inspection, £26,177 £29,044 11%
Track Maintenance, Welding & Grinding, Works Delivery Track
Level 2 Operative
Dist & Plant, Signalling Maintenance, Works Delivery £31,177 £34,244 9.8%
Signalling
Level 2 Technician
Off Track, OLE, Rail Testing & Infrastructure, Track Inspection, £31,177 £34,244 9.8%
Track Maintenance, Welding & Grinding, Works Delivery Track
Level 3 Technician
Dist & Plant, Signalling Maintenance, Works Delivery £37,215 £40,638 9.2%
Signalling
Level 3 Team Leader
Off-track, OLE, Rail Testing & Infrastructure, Track Inspection, £37,215 £40,638 9.2%
Track Maintenance, Welding & Grinding, Works Delivery Track
Level 4 Team Leader
Dist & Plant, Signalling Maintenance, Works Delivery £46,267 £50,524 9.2%
Signalling, Intelligent Infrastructure Technician
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Carillion/GTRM IMC 25 – Best Annual Leave Benefit

Contract Type Full Year Full Year

Entitlement – Entitlement – Full Year Bank Total Full Year Leave
less than 10 10 years’ plus Holiday Entitlement Entitlement
years' service service

Amec
22 - 8 30
Amey 34 and then
26 28 8
36 after 10 years'
Balfour
25 - 8 33
First Engineering
28 - 8 36

36 and then
GTRM/Carillion 30 32 6
38 after 10 years
(IMC25)
34 and then
Jarvis 26 28 8
36 after 10 years

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Carillion/GTRM IMC25 - Best London/South East Allowance

CURRENT ALLOWANCE PROPOSED

Outer
IMC Contract Inner London London South East Inner London Outer London South East
22 (3yrs+
Balfour / Serco service) £3,270 £1,899 £955 No change No change No change
Carillion/GTRM
IMC25 25 £3,194 £1,600 £625 £3,300 £1,950 £975

Amec 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 £2,998 £1,096 £468 No change No change No change

Amec / Balfour 10 £2,453 £1,237 £518 No change No change No change

Amey 13 £2,228 £1,145 - No change No change No change

Amey 16 £2,228 £1,145 £468 No change No change No change

Balfour 19, 20 £2,453 £1,237 £518 No change No change No change

Carillion 24 £3,066 £1,694 £805 No change No change No change

Jarvis 40 £2,684 £1,332 £543 No change No change No change

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Standard Contract (GTRM/Carillion IMC25) Main Terms

a. 35 hours /week

b. Improved London Allowance per annum £3,300 (inner), £1,950 (outer), £975 (south east allowance)

c. 10% shift premium for rostered Weekday nights (Mon-Thurs 18:00 to 06:00) & W/Ends (Fri 18:00 to 06:00 Mon)

d. 10% shift premium for overtime & Rest day Weekday nights, and weekends

e. 300% premium for Xmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day

f. Pensionable earnings is basic pay plus London/SE Allowance as applicable, up to notional earnings cap & scheme rules

g. 30 days annual leave, increasing to 32 after 10 years’ service. 15 days leave must be taken as complete week

h. 6 bank public holidays, including Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years’ Day

i. Fixed salary by grade i.e. no skills / competence salary enhancement

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IMC Premiums (excluding Bank Holidays)

Balfour
Amey Jarvis
Carillion/GTRM
Premium Type Amec (7103) (7902) (4501) (8702) IMC 25

Weekday Days 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Weekday Nights 1.30 1.00 1.10 1.30 1.25 1.10 1.25

Weekend Days 1.15 1.00 1.10 1.15 1.15 1.10 1.50

Weekend Nights 1.40 1.00 1.10 1.40 1.40 1.10 1.50

Sunday Day 1.40 1.25

Sat/Fri Night 1.45

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FENG Annualised Roster Premium

Value % Value %

MAINTAINERS
Team Leader,
Section Technician &
Manager & Operative
Supervisor (Except those
on WS'A'
T&C's)
% Table
WE NS 0 0
1 in 4 10% 7.5% 7.5% 0
2 in 4 20% 10% 10% 2%
3 in 4 25% 12.5% 17.5% 7%
20% 9%
To calculate the Maintainers
RP% work it out using the % 22.5% 11.5%
Table to get the SM/Supervisor 25% 13%
amount and convert it to the 27.5% 15%
Maintainer % 30% 18%
Example: 2:4 WE 2:4 N/S 32.5% 20.5%
- Section Mgr = 30% 35% 22.5%
- Therefore Maintainer = 18% 37.5% 25%

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67% Would be better Off on the IMC25 Base Salary

Average Increase to Base Salary

Contract Type for those better off on IMC25
Salary
Amec £3,140
Balfour £3,969
First Engineering £5,360
Jarvis £5,405
Other £545
Total £2,818

• Current average salary for Operatives/Technicians/Team Leaders is £32,932

• New average would be £34,857 i.e. increase of 5.8%

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45% of Colleagues Would be Better Off By 6% Overall (total average

earnings) on IMC25
0-2% 2-4% 6-8% 8-10% >10%
4-6%
Better Off No Change Increase if Increase if Increase if Increase if Increase if
Increase if
transfer transfer transfer transfer transfer

Amec 247 (26%) 709 60 50 51 28 15 43

Amey 1,584 (99%) 11 1,328 235 11 4 2 4
Balfour 883 (52%) 828 150 160 130 108 89 246
FENG 328 (28%) 829 104 77 43 21 16 67
GTRM/Carillion N/A 1,745 N/A NA N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jarvis 1,192 (49%) 1,218 187 175 169 167 118 376
Other 603 (56%) 475 295 146 45 39 25 53
Total 4,837 (45%) 5,815 2,124 843 449 367 265 789
• Incorporates the impact on base salary, shift enhancements, overtime (and the annualised roster premium First Engineering only).
• Based on actual payroll over the last year i.e. last year’s roster patterns.
• Excludes potential possible future salary increases based on competence/skills i.e. AMEC or Balfour contracts

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Carillion/GTRM IMC25 - Voluntary Transfer Window

1. Expressions of interest so colleagues can explore the benefits of a voluntary transfer to the standard
contract without any commitment – opens from March 2024.

2. Offers of transfer will be made based on a colleague’s existing grade and engineering discipline which will
be mapped to the standard contract grades

3. Backdated to October 1st 2024

4. Where a colleague’s base salary is higher than the relevant standard contract salary, their pre-transfer salary
will be maintained and frozen until the standard contract salary rate is higher. At which time, their base
salary will be increased accordingly. Pension continues to be calculated using a colleague’s actual salary.
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Carillion/GTRM IMC25 - Voluntary Transfer Window

5. The IMC25 leave entitlement will start from 1st January 2025

6. Once transferred, colleagues are unable to move back to their previous IMC contract, or transfer to
any other IMC contract, in any circumstances including on promotion.

7. Offers of voluntary transfer will not be made to those colleagues who have accepted voluntary
redundancy.

8. There are many contracts of employment, with different pay and terms and conditions. An on-line
calculator is available on MyConnect and we will work with reps through consultation on how to
provide colleagues with information and support.

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Amey (c1500 colleagues) Benefit On IMC25: Improved pension, more

annual leave, premium rates for shifts/overtime and a 35 hour week
1. Base salary will be frozen and protected, and continue to be used in pension calculations for future service
2. Pensionable pay for future service will increase from 60% to full pensionable earnings as defined under the pension rules.
Those in the RPS will have a Pension Restructuring Premium applied for future service.
3. The contractual week will reduce to 35 hours over a 5-year period.
4. During the 5 year transition period, only hours worked over contracted hours as per the table below, will be at the
applicable IMC25 rates
5. Premiums calculated on actual base salary
6. Annual leave will increase, based on company service, from January 2025
Year After Transfer to Hours per Week Overtime at 10%
Standard Contract
Year 1 39 After 39 hours

Year 2 38 After 38 hours

Year 3 37 After 37 hours

Year 4 36 After 36 hours

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AMEC IMC4: 352 Better off On IMC25 Base Salary

352 Operatives/Technicians (Track/Off Track/ Rail T&L/MMT) would be better off on the standard contract
compared to their current salary step

Operative Technician Team Leader

IMC 4 No. on
IMC 4 IMC 4 No. on IMC 25
IMC 25 No. on IMC 25 Salary Salary
Salary Salary Salary Salary
Salary Salary Step Salary Step Step
Step Step Step
Basic £31,295 28

Basic n/a £24,141 122 Basic £26,162 48 Intermediate £36,206 30

IMC 25 £37,215
Cat 1 n/a £25,356 51 Advanced £29,512 73
IMC 25 £26,177 IMC 25 £31,177 Advanced £40,562 79

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AMEC IMC 3: 90 Better Off on IMC25 Base Salary

90 Operatives/ Technicians / Team Leaders from Signalling would be better off on the standard contract
compared to their current salary step

Operative (Signalling) Technician (Signalling) Team Leader (Signalling)

IMC 3 No. on IMC 3 No. on IMC 3
IMC 25 IMC 25 IMC 25 No. on Salary
Salary Salary Salary Salary Salary
Salary Salary Salary Step
Step Step Step Step Step

Probation £25,341 - Probation £30,282 - Probation £36,851 0

Basic £29,346 35 Basic £36,706 44 Basic £44,534 11

IMC 25 £31,177 IMC 25 £46,267

IMC 25 £37,215

Grade A £31,487 26 Grade A £38,851 12 Grade A £46,679 7

Grade B £33,635 8 Grade B £40,994 9 Grade B £48,817 13

Advanced £36,277 8 Advanced £43,972 20 Advanced £50,844 61

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Balfour IMC19: 686 Better Off On IMC25 Base Salary

686 Operatives/Technicians (Track/Rail T&L/Signalling/& Welding & Grinding) would be better off on the standard contract base salary
compared to current salary step
Technician (Signalling) Operative (Signalling)
IMC 25 IMC 19 Salary No. on Salary IMC 19 Salary No. on Salary
IMC 25 Salary
Salary Step Step Step Step Step

Entry £31,378 39 Entry £26,229 52

Step 1 £33,808 29 Step 1 £27,516 31

Step 2 £36,320 47 Step 2 £29,595 31

IMC 25 £37,215 IMC 25 £31,177

Technician (Track, Rail T&L, W&G) Operative (Track, Rail T&L, W&G)
IMC 19 Salary No. on Salary IMC 19 Salary No. on Salary
IMC 25 Salary IMC 25 Salary
Step Step Step Step

Probation £20,868 -
Entry £26,229 75
Entry £23,336 115
Step 1 £27,516 29
Step 1 £24,383 95
Step 2 £29,595 78 Step 2 £25,497 65
£26,177
IMC 25 £31,177 IMC 25
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212 Balfour IMC19 Better Off on IMC25 Base Salary

212 Team Leaders (Track/Rail/T&L/Signalling/Welding & Grinding) disciplines would better off on the
standard contract base salary compared to their current salary step

Team Leader (Track, Rail T&L, W&G) Team Leader (Signalling)

IMC 25 IMC 19 No. on Salary IMC 25 IMC 19 No. on
Salary Salary Step Step Salary Salary Step Salary Step

Entry £31,378 36 Entry £39,457 60

Step 1 £33,808 13 Step 1 £42,244 12

Step 2 £36,320 66 Step 2 £45,034 25

IMC 25 £37,215 IMC 25 £46,267

Step 3 £38,453 48 Step 3 £47,822 57

Step 4 £40,672 31 Step 4 £50,610 22

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