Grading & Wages

1.1 Grading

Graded employees shall comply in all respects with the Grading Definitions (Section J) as determined by the Scottish Joint Industry Board when carrying out the work of the Industry, erecting their own mobile scaffolds and using such power-operated and other tools, plant, etc. as may be provided by their employer, and the standard Graded Rates of Wages shall be paid.  Grading shall only be valid if the grade has been formally issued by the Scottish Joint Industry Board.
Nothing in these Rules shall prevent the maximum flexibility in the employment of employees.

1.2 Wages

The National SJIB Graded Rates of Wages shall be those from time to time determined by the Scottish Joint Industry Board.  Current rates are shown in Appendix 1.

The SJIB Rates of Wages appropriate to employees, apprentices and adult trainees shall be such rates for their grades as the Scottish Joint Industry Board may from time to time determine to be appropriate for their grade in the place where they are working.  To qualify for the SJIB rates operatives will be required to satisfy their employer that they have an adequate knowledge of the appropriate regulations currently in force as required by the SJIB Grading Definitions.  Where required the SJIB will ask graded operatives to produce satisfactory evidence that they have a knowledge of the relevant regulations, and in particular BS7671, the current Edition of the IEE Regulations.

1.3 Payment of Wages

Wages shall normally be paid by Credit Transfer.  Alternatively, another method of payment may be adopted by mutual arrangement between employer and operative.

Wages shall be calculated for weekly periods and paid to the operative within 5 normal working days of the end of the relevant pay week unless alternative arrangements are agreed.
Each operative shall receive an itemised written pay statement in accordance with the Employment Rights Act 1996 Section 8.