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To Newburn from Bonde, U.C.T.U. Wages 11/16/82
Personnel records for U.C.T.U. lists the following employees:
Administrative Employees
Drivers
Turnboys
Mechanics
Spanner Boys
Total Number of Employees
89
150
154
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The budgeted wage package then breaks down to the following
averages:
A vnus~r-at ve Employees
alary& wa es,
16,396,800 * 89 = 184,233 * 12 months = 15,352 per mo.
Benefits,
21,958,900 + 89 = 246,729 * 12 months =
Total
Dries Turnbolls. Mechaics & SAner Bys
20.560 per mo.
35,912 per mo.
Salary & Wages,+
7,603,200 353 = 21,538 . 12 months = 1,794 per mo.
Benefits,
37,578,160 * 353 = 106,453 * 1? months =
Total
8,871 per mo.
10,665 per mo.
I questioned why the administrative employees receive so many
more benefits and also receive higher salaries. I am told the
reason for this is that the drivers are away from Kampala and
have more opportunity to make money, sometimes illegally.
According to a staff member, when he meets a driver in a bar.
the driver always buys him the beer because he has more money
to spend.
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I view the above benefit expenses as follows:
Uniforms
My experience with uniforms is that most drivers tend to wear
the uniform during off-duty hours and then wear "grubs" to
work. Also, how do you determine the number of uniforms to
furnish each driver. I prefer to give this benefit as wages.
Retirement Benefit Scheme
This is a good plan, and it should be increased so it becomes
an incentive to stay with the company. One real incentive
would be to base the scheme on a percentage of i.at profit so
that everyone will watch expenses to keep the net high. It
would also control expenses so that during a bad year the
retirement expense would be less.
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