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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Many thanks for your input, Jeremy, much appreciated!
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Many thanks for your reply, much appreciated
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Thank you, this is actually a great insight for us. Really appreciate your input.
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Thanks for the reply, we only have a handful of drivers and we rotate the overnight stays between them...
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Yes, we cover all food as well as the accommodation. They tend to book their own accommodation as they know the access/parking facilities :) It's the additional £20 on top of this that we are reviewing...?
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Really appreciate your reply, thank you. We only expect them to sleep in the sleeper cab, but we only have one vehicle with this so agree we need to rethink when we renew the fleet...
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Many thanks for your reply...
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Many thanks for the reply...
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Thanks for your reply, we put them up in Travel Lodges or similar...
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    We only have one sleeper cab from six vehicles so they get used to not sleeping in it I suppose?
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    Overnight Stays Market Rate?

    Hello lovely helpful people :) We are reviewing what we currently pay our drivers/employees who stay overnight for jobs. At the moment, we feel we are being rather too generous by covering accommodation, all meals, and also providing an 'overnight allowance' of £20 for the inconvenience of being...
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    Additional Financial Help for Other Employees due to Living Wage??

    Very good point! Many thanks for your response...
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    Additional Financial Help for Other Employees due to Living Wage??

    I'm hoping so! I'm gathering all these responses together for the MD and FD as they are keen to know other stances on this. Many thanks for your response!
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    Additional Financial Help for Other Employees due to Living Wage??

    Yes, Cyndy, that's my feeling too. Many thanks for your response!
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    Additional Financial Help for Other Employees due to Living Wage??

    Hi, thanks for your response. We gave all our staff a 5% increase in April across the board, and we have a wide range of jobs here with differing experience/qualifications so the salaries are somewhat banded. It's just that one band is now encroaching on the other...