BP said that from the autumn contract workers will only be paid for overtime and night shifts on an as-worked basis.
BP said this will bring to an end the current system that incorporates discretionary payments for those shifts into workers' dayrates.
However, union leaders argue the payments are not discretionary.
Jake Molloy, regional organiser of the RMT union in Aberdeen, said:“They are written into the terms of the workers' contracts and are fundamental to the individual's employment contract.”He
