BSC members agree premium above minimum wage for cleaners
Building Service Contractors New Zealand members agree premium above minimum wage for cleaning staff
Members
of Building Service Contractors of New Zealand (BSC) have
agreed to pay their cleaning staff at least 35c per hour
above the minimum wage.
The new Multi Employer Collective Agreement (MECA), agreed between the BSC and employees, establishes $14.60 per hour as the minimum hourly rate for cleaners working for BSC member companies.
The rate will come into effect from 4 August this year. It follows successful conclusion of the Multi Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) negotiations between BSC and the Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU).
The MECA also sets out agreed conditions regarding maximum daily and weekly hours cleaning staff should be expected to work, health and safety, holiday and sick leave and security of employment.
BSC chief executive Lillian Small said: “$14.60 per hour is the minimum rate cleaners and cleaning supervisors working for BSC members will be paid from 4 August. However, I am aware that a number of our members pay a higher rate.
“We are also aware there is a widespread perception that all cleaners are paid the minimum wage. That is simply not the case for BSC member companies.
“The MECA is a strong point of difference between companies which are members of BSC and those which are not. Businesses contracting a BSC member can be confident they are using a reputable company which treats its cleaning staff fairly, ensuring fair pay, reasonable hours and safe conditions.”
Ms Small said that the BSC and its members are committed to continue working toward a quality focused cleaning industry that has high ethical and corporate standards.
“All of our members also agree to abide by our industry code of practice and principles, meeting required standards in quality, service, training, health and safety, legal requirements, insurance, dispute resolution and employment conditions.”
Telecom Unleashes Super Fast Broadband Across North Island with Ultrafast Fibre
Telecom, soon to be Spark, announced today that
it is launching Ultra Fibre Broadband for residential and
business customers across Tauranga, Hamilton, Te Awamutu,
Cambridge, Tokoroa, New Plymouth, and Hawera.
To bring
the super fast broadband to homes and businesses across the
Upper North Island regions, Telecom has partnered with
infrastructure provider Ultrafast Fibre – adding broadband
to the Corporate and School solutions launched earlier this
year.
Telecom Ultra Fibre customers can choose from
simple, competitively-priced, ultra-fast broadband plans.
These range from an entry-level 40GB residential plan
starting at $85 per month, right up to the “Giganaire”
plan - offering unlimited broadband from $99 a month when
bundled with one of Telecom’s Ultra Mobile
plans.
Telecom Retail COO, Jason Paris said he was
confident that residents in the UltraFast Fibre regions will
be very happy with the experience UFB will give them.
“Customers who’ve made the move love it because
it delivers a better quality internet experience than they
receive on a standard copper line. With the best available
consistency of speed to your home, this means a better
gaming, TV and video streaming, downloading and uploading
experience for users – particularly for families with
multiple devices.
“For businesses, Ultra Fibre opens
the door to greater use of cloud-based applications to
improve business productivity. Other business applications
such as video conferencing between offices or customers are
a smooth as butter on Ultra Fibre. By adopting UFB, New
Zealand business are also future-proofing themselves for
technologies we can’t even imagine yet but that will come
out over the next 5, 10, 20 years. After all, 15 years ago,
how many of us had email access on our phones?” says
Paris.
Jason Paris says that that the speeds Telecom
offers fulfil the needs of most fibre customers and
today’s residential offer complements the business fibre
solution that Telecom launched to their corporate clients
last year.
“Customers on Telecom’s Ultra Fibre can
choose the speed range that suits them best from either our
Ultra Fibre 30 or our Ultra Fibre 100 plans” says
Paris.
Residents of streets where fibre infrastructure
has been installed by UltraFast Fibre can sign up for Ultra
Fibre online at Telecom.co.nz/addresschecker or by
calling 123.
Wanganui residents who live in an
Ultrafast Fibre area can expect Telecom Ultra Fibre
Broadband to be available to them
soon.
ENDS