Does any one on here know if there is still such a thing, if so what sort of rates are they now and are they tax free?
A few firms years ago used to pay dark money it was rare then and rarer now. was prob 20 - 30 pence per hour before 6am
If we start before 5am we get an extra £10.00. It has to be agreed first and it is not tax free.
If its before 6.30 we give £5. Something that started years ago and has carried on to this day
We have £2.00 extra p/h from 6pm to 6 am so if you start before 6am…
‘Dark’ money (for daytime drivers) used to be time and a quarter before 06:00 & after 20:00 (or 22:00?) twenty-odd years ago, so yes it was taxable.
George@ASDA driver:
We have £2.00 extra p/h from 6pm to 6 am so if you start before 6am…
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Hahahahahaha !
Dark Money ! Dark money ! Early start money ! Unsociable hours money !
Stop it, your tickling me too much , it’s making my Ribs Hurt ! Hahahahaha !
We’d be so lucky !
£1/hour extra between 6pm and 6 am. Great eh?
martinviking:
Hahahahahaha !
Dark Money ! Dark money ! Early start money ! Unsociable hours money !
Stop it, your tickling me too much , it’s making my Ribs Hurt ! Hahahahaha !
We’d be so lucky !
I WISH 
most of my hours are ‘DARK’ 
We get time 1/4 from 10pm till 6am.
Time 1/2 if it’s a rest day worked.
We get £2 an our extra for every hour worked between 1am and 6am which is ok as friday is normally a 2.30am start 
ASDA Washington used to pay time + 20% from 1800-2200 and time +25% from 2200 to 0600. Don’t know if that’s changed but contracts vary from depot to depot.
£10 if you start before 4.00am,i told em to keep it,you obviously need it more than me !
£2 per hour between 6pm and 6am and another £2 per hour between midnight friday and midnight sunday.
Personally though I never start before 4am and try to be parked for the night by five or six at the latest. Don’t work saturdays and only the odd sunday so I don’t get much of it!
Any work I do from 6pm until 6am attracts a premium it varies by client.
When I were a lad (cue violins) BRS use to pay an extra 6d (two-&-a-half pence) per hour if we started before 0600. Tax deductible, of course. On the other hand, if we were required to make a phone call out of hours, we got an extra four hours pay. Don’t see much of that these days!
We get dark money, extra £2 an hour between 8pm and 6am
Retired Old ■■■■:
When I were a lad (cue violins) BRS use to pay an extra 6d (two-&-a-half pence) per hour if we started before 0600. Tax deductible, of course. On the other hand, if we were required to make a phone call out of hours, we got an extra four hours pay. Don’t see much of that these days!
Wasn’t that in the little red book we all used to have? It was a T&G agreement I think.
£4 ph extra if we work between 00:00 and 05:00 but for the whole shift …