@kdfrawg In those days there was a final salary pension scheme, so the older people who were exhausted by the working pattern didn’t want to swap for a day job that wouldn’t have the 25% shift pay bonus so would mean that after paying the higher level contributions all their lives, they wouldn’t get a higher pension. Of course, nobody gets a pension at all these days, so that wouldn’t be an issue.

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