NLC Update (07/10/15)



A kind reader from North Lanarkshire has passed on the following update regarding  the outstanding GMB 'Second Wave' claims, i.e. claims that the GMB union restricted to only 3 years unlike all the other claimant organisations including Action 4 Equality Scotland, Unison and Unite. 

Apparently, this information comes from the GMB's external solicitors, Digby Brown, and readers will be interested to learn that the Employment Tribunal has now set a date of 30 November 2015 to hear the GMB's arguments in favour of amending the restricted '3-year case' which the union originally registered with the tribunals.

I understand that North Lanarkshire Council is opposing the Amendment, possibly on the grounds that the GMB has had plenty of opportunity while the case was still 'live' within the Employment Tribunal to change amend its pleadings (but failed to do so) and to allow this now would be the equivalent of complaining about the result of a football match after the referee has blown the final whistle.        

Second Wave

Following upon the meeting on Tuesday First September 2015 with some members in this council various issues were discussed at a meeting with GMB Scotland on Third September 2015.

The question of what to do with members who have either not claimed at all or appear to have previously missed out on making a claim was discussed. No final decision has been taken regarding this group. However, GMB will be writing to members about this matter
very shortly.

It was further agreed that as the Amendment procedure is ongoing for existing claimants that process will require to be concluded.

The Employment Tribunal has now set down a date for a hearing regarding the Amendment. This hearing will take place on 30th November 2015 at 10am at the Glasgow Employment Tribunal. 


In any event the Glasgow hearing will take place in public, so I'm sure there will be a good attendance of GMB members.

In fact, come to think of surely GMB members are entitled to see the written case that the union has submitted to the Employment Tribunal because there's been precious little hard information provided by the GMB up until now.  

Maybe the new 'acting' GMB regional secretary in Scotland, Gary Smith, will prove more helpful in this area than his predecessor, Harry Donaldson.  

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