Superdrug staff 'angry' at costcutting plans and more from this week's Express
'ANGRY' factory workers could lose almost £2,000 each in annual pay if costcutting plans at a South Elmsall distribution centre go ahead.
In the series of proposed changes warehouse shift workers at Superdrug, on Stadium Way, will no longer receive 2 extra per hour for working unsociable hours between 6pm and 10pm.
The extra wage used to be paid to staff who worked between 6pm and 6am but will now only be given to night workers who start at 10pm.
For those working five days a week, and taking five weeks of annual holiday into account, it would work out as a loss of 1,840 a year.
For the rest of the proposals and reaction to the plans see this week's Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express.
Also in this week's paper:
- A cyclist from Upton is suing a utility provider after a barrier managed by the provider 'catapulted' him from his bike.
- Thieves who stole a piece of copper piping worth about 2 from a Hemsworth school roof have caused 10,000 in flood damage.
- A Havercroft pensioner whose dog was mauled by a lurcher in some South Kirkby woods, costing almost 3,000 in treatment, has said owners of pets which attack should pay vets' fees.
- The mystery of a gravestone found beneath paving at a Hemsworth home has partially been put to rest.
- A South Elmsall college is celebrating a good end to the year with a sparkling Ofsted report.
- A Hemsworth couple broke with tradition when they tied the knot – by having a spiritual blessing at sunrise on the longest day of the year.
- It has been decided that a J&I school in South Kirkby is to close - we have reaction and an in-depth look at the effects it might have.
- It's your last chance to get in the running to become the district's top model - Look of 2009 final entry slip and details in this week's Express.
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