Busworkers United: the joint pay claim | London bus workers
"Pay rates for a London bus driver can vary from £20,000 to £28,000, including shift allowances, bonuses and unsocial hours payments. The Unite claim would take drivers’ salaries to a minimum of £30,000 a year or a 5 percent increase, whichever is the greater.
Other key points in the unified claim for bus drivers are:
A maximum of 4 hour 30 minutes of continuous driving duty before a break
7 hours 36 minutes maximum time on duty per day
38 hour weekly time on duty
Time on duty to be spread over a maximum of 10 hours daily (currently a 12-hour spread)
Drivers to be allowed a minimum of 20 minutes to carry out security and safety checks on their bus before beginning to drive
A minimum of 11 hours between duties "