Pay dispute on HS2 escalates as union considers legal action

By Will Ing2019-04-23T05:00:00

Unite says subcontractor for Skanska-Costain JV owes more than £1m in overtime pay

Unite is looking into taking legal action against a sub-contractor of Costain-Skanska after alleging it has withheld more than £1m of overtime money from staff working on the HS2 station at Euston.

Hamilton-based Bowercross Construction is one of three sub-contractors to provide labourers for enabling works at the terminal (pictured) by the main contractor, a JV between Costain and Skanska (CSJV).

Unite first alleged Bowercross had not been paying the correct rate for overtime in February, saying around 200 workers had taken a hit.

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