A leading hand is an employee who supervises or directs the work of another employee.

They’re paid the higher of:

• the minimum pay rate for the highest level employee that they supervise, or
• their own minimum pay rate.

They also get a leading hand allowance.

The allowance is a percentage of the standard rate based on the number of employees they supervise.

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