BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff

Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum fair pay' set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees

BP is ditching paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for 5,400 workers in its petrol forecourts as it attempts to offset a planned rise in the independent living wage.

The company has told workers in its 310 company-run forecourts that it will be changing their benefits in February. Workers at a further 850 BP-branded forecourts run by partners are on different pay deals.