Not wishing to lose the new guy the wages he has been promised, but.. There is a section of AFC that allows "trainees" to be paid at a lower level until they are deemed to be qualified. Under Annexe U a trainee can be paid a pecentage of the top of the working grade starting at 65% rising to 85%. When they are deemed to be competent they go to the bottom of the working grade. Perhaps this is how the management should have dealt with the situation. Unfortunately it's too late to change things now that the the new guy is in post.
