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Serco Docklands, which operates the driver-less train service but has on-board train staff, agreed to a rise in the standard overtime rate for about 550 of its employees, making overtime paid at time and three quarters (rather than time and a half). The deal guarantees that staff working over the nine weeks would get a minimum of five hours overtime per week and a bonus payment of £100 (€120) per week. 
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Serco Docklands, which operates the driver-less train service but has on-board train staff, agreed to a rise in the standard overtime rate for about 550 of its employees, making overtime paid at time and three quarters (rather than time and a half). The deal guarantees that staff working over the nine weeks would get a minimum of five hours overtime per week and a bonus payment of £100 (€120) per week.

The RMT union said the DLR deal has ‘

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