{"id":97938,"date":"2021-08-18T10:31:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=97938"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:31:10","slug":"kier-sick-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/","title":{"rendered":"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motorway workers employed by Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay<\/h2>\n

Kier’s motorway workers, who have provided a seven-day, 24-hour service throughout the Covid-19 pandemic<\/a> have remained fully open and properly maintained, with delays due to accidents minimised.<\/p>\n

Despite being required to work day and night in all conditions, the highways maintenance workers only receive statutory sick pay (SSP), which is worth just \u00a396.35 a week.<\/p>\n

Office-based staff at Kier and workers who are directly employed by client Highways England receive full sick pay<\/a> from day one for a three-month period.<\/p>\n

As part of the protest the motorway workers will be unveiling a banner which reads\u00a0\u201cKier end the discrimination on sick pay\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Level the playing field on sick pay\u2019<\/h3>\n

Unite<\/a> regional officer Malcom Bonnett, said:\u00a0\u201cKier’s workers who operate in all weathers to keep the South East\u2019s motorway network fully operational deserve full sick pay, when they are ill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pandemic has exposed the fact that workers simply can\u2019t survive on SSP which is less than \u00a3100 a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lack of sick pay results in workers continuing to come to work when they are ill. In normal times, due to the safety-critical work they undertake, this could have tragic consequences. During the Covid pandemic, it leads to unnecessary risk of exposure to infection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is simply unjustifiable that office-based workers receive full sick pay while those working on the motorway network only\u00a0receive SSP.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Kier recently being re-awarded the contract on Area 3, now is the perfect time for the company to act and level the playing field on sick pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Kier does not end the discrimination to motorway operatives Unite will step up the campaign which will involve further protests and the possibility of additional actions in order to secure a fair deal for our members.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Motorway workers employed by Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[54592,661,472,17722],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-97938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-coronavirus","8":"tag-hr","9":"tag-kier","10":"tag-unite-the-union"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Motorway workers employed by contractor Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Motorway workers employed by Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T09:31:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dreamstime_xxl_119330874.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steph Blundell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Motorway workers employed by Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_PBCToday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steph Blundell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf6766a43e70a35cada0c600519a2fb\"},\"headline\":\"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-18T09:31:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Coronavirus\",\"HR\",\"Kier\",\"Unite - the Union\"],\"articleSection\":[\"HR & Skills News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/\",\"name\":\"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-18T09:31:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"Motorway workers employed by contractor Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf6766a43e70a35cada0c600519a2fb\",\"name\":\"Steph Blundell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62283f53e7b9ae55cd3516832342b97ce87c86f2c2130dfce68124d194b36df8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62283f53e7b9ae55cd3516832342b97ce87c86f2c2130dfce68124d194b36df8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Steph Blundell\"},\"description\":\"Steph is the Senior Digital Editor here at PBC. When she\u2019s not working hard on cranking out first-class content for our online viewers to enjoy, she\u2019s keeping our social media lively and up to date\u2026 you could call her a social media guru? We\u2019re sure she\u2019d like that. With a BA in English and Journalism, Steph isn\u2019t fazed by attention to detail; on the contrary, she enjoys getting her teeth into a good article. In her downtime Steph loves nothing more than getting together with friends to enjoy a few (several) gin and tonics. Think you\u2019ve got some content Steph would be interested in? You can contact her either by phone on (01270) 502876 or by email at sblundell@pbctoday.co.uk\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/steph-blundell\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_PBCToday\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/stephblundell\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019","description":"Motorway workers employed by contractor Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019","og_description":"Motorway workers employed by Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-18T09:31:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1333,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dreamstime_xxl_119330874.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steph Blundell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019","twitter_description":"Motorway workers employed by Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_PBCToday","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/"},"author":{"name":"Steph Blundell","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf6766a43e70a35cada0c600519a2fb"},"headline":"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019","datePublished":"2021-08-18T09:31:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/"},"wordCount":322,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Coronavirus","HR","Kier","Unite - the Union"],"articleSection":["HR & Skills News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/","name":"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-08-18T09:31:10+00:00","description":"Motorway workers employed by contractor Kier are set to protest on 18 August at the company\u2019s offices, over the denial of sick pay","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kier-sick-pay\/97938\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kier motorway workers to protest over sick pay \u2018discrimination\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf6766a43e70a35cada0c600519a2fb","name":"Steph Blundell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62283f53e7b9ae55cd3516832342b97ce87c86f2c2130dfce68124d194b36df8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62283f53e7b9ae55cd3516832342b97ce87c86f2c2130dfce68124d194b36df8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Steph Blundell"},"description":"Steph is the Senior Digital Editor here at PBC. When she\u2019s not working hard on cranking out first-class content for our online viewers to enjoy, she\u2019s keeping our social media lively and up to date\u2026 you could call her a social media guru? We\u2019re sure she\u2019d like that. With a BA in English and Journalism, Steph isn\u2019t fazed by attention to detail; on the contrary, she enjoys getting her teeth into a good article. In her downtime Steph loves nothing more than getting together with friends to enjoy a few (several) gin and tonics. Think you\u2019ve got some content Steph would be interested in? You can contact her either by phone on (01270) 502876 or by email at sblundell@pbctoday.co.uk","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/steph-blundell\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_PBCToday"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/stephblundell\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-03 10:41:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97938"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=97938"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=97938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}