Debating the Issues 1 (14/04/14)


Lots of readers in North Lanarkshire have got in touch to say that they are contacting their local councillors, MSPs and MPs to discuss equal pay and recent developments at the ongoing Employment Tribunal - where the Council's case, by all accounts, is taking a terrible beating.

Now as regular readers know North Lanarkshire has been forced to concede (at the Employment Tribunal) that many key female dominated jobs have been scored and graded incorrectly, despite denying this to be so for years - going back to 2006 in fact.

So here are some points that readers may wish to raise with local politicians  because there's no doubt that in my mind that the council's workforce and the wider public deserve a proper explanation 
  1. How could these 'mistakes' possibly have happened?
  2. How does the Council explain being in 'denial' for so many years? 
  3. Who is being held to account for the mess the Council has made of equal pay?
  4. How and when will these various jobs (such as Home Support Workers) now be regraded properly?
  5. How can the workforce have any confidence in senior managers who have been saying for years that the Job Evaluation scores are correct?
  6. Is an investigation underway and will disciplinary action being taken against any of the senior managers involved for not doing their jobs properly and failing to protect the interests of the workforce? 
I will draw up some additional questions on other topics as well, but if readers have their own suggestions drop me a note and I'll share these on the blog site. 

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