Debating the Issues 2 (15/04/14)
Here are some additional issues that readers in North Lanarkshire might wish to raise with their local councillors, MSPs and MPs.
The key thing if you ask me is not to get fobbed off by a politician who tells you that he/she will write to the Council on your behalf because what people want to know, presumably, is where their councillor, MSP or MP stands on the issue of equal pay.
What do they actually think about developments in the Employment Tribunal and what the Council has been up to with its job evaluation scheme and new pay arrangements.
So get organised, marshall the facts and your arguments and let the politicians know that you expect them to come off the fence and stand up for the people they claim to represent.
The key thing if you ask me is not to get fobbed off by a politician who tells you that he/she will write to the Council on your behalf because what people want to know, presumably, is where their councillor, MSP or MP stands on the issue of equal pay.
What do they actually think about developments in the Employment Tribunal and what the Council has been up to with its job evaluation scheme and new pay arrangements.
So get organised, marshall the facts and your arguments and let the politicians know that you expect them to come off the fence and stand up for the people they claim to represent.
- Why have traditional male jobs had their bonus earnings taken into account when these jobs were assimilated onto the new NLC pay structures (after job evaluation)
- Surely the assimilation process has discriminated against women workers and favoured traditional male jobs by taking these bonus earnings into account?
- Does the Council now accept that it has acted in contravention of the 1999 Single Status (Equal Pay) Agreement?
- Does the Council that it has failed to observe the requirements of UK equal pay legislation?
And if people let me know how they get on, I'll share the information on the blog site.
