JIB Rates

ECA has completed a two year agreement for JIB wages and conditions for 2024/25 .

Details of the changes under the JIB agreement effective from Monday 1st January 2024 are available to view here.

The main changes introduced in the two year settlement are;

From Monday 1^st January 2024

7% increase to rates
£20 increase to weekly sick pay for all grades during weeks 3 to 24 – therefore providing:
   £210 per week for a Technician
   £200 per week for an Approved Electrician
   £190 per week for an Electrician
   £180 per week for others as defined in clause 1.3 note(a) of Section 9 of the JIB Handbook
£10 increase to weekly sick pay for all grades (as above) during weeks 25 to 52. 2.5% increase in wages

From Monday 6^th January 2025

5% increase to rates
£10,000 increase to death in service benefit – therefore up from £30,000 to £40,000
A ‘franchise’ arrangement for sick pay – an arrangement to reimburse the 2nd week of absence after an employee has been off sick for 8 weeks.
50p - £2 responsibility money – increased from 10p - £1. 2.5% increase in wages

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HMRC have confirmed the Lodging Allowance rates, as tax free payments, from 3 January 2022 will increase by 0.9% to the following:

Lodging Allowance will increase to £42.66 per night.
Annual Holiday Retention payments to increase to a maximum of £14.04 per night (£98.28 per week); and
Weekend Retention payment to increase to £42.66 per night

HMRC have also confirmed the Mileage Allowance payable under the National Working Rules can continue to be paid tax free.

Current Mileage Allowance remains at 22p per mile over 15 Miles each way. Current Mileage Rate remains at 12p per mile over 15 Miles each way.

Full details of JIB terms and conditions including the current wages are set out in the JIB Handbook here.

from 6 January 2025:

Lodging Allowance - £51.29 per night

Retention Payment - up to a maximum of £16.87 per night (£118.09 per week)

Weekend Retention - £51.29 per night.

This represents a 4.1% increase on in last year’s figures.

Mileage allowance remains 22p

Historical JIB Rates