Glasgow, Equal Pay and Restless Natives


The latest delay in Glasgow City Council's long-running equal pay settlement negotiations comes as no surprise  because just about every timeline there's ever been has slipped, sometimes very badly.

The circumstances outwith the council's control are not explained, but here's the latest statement from GCC which probably means nothing much will happen until after the summer holidays are over in August.

As part of our last equal pay update on June 10, we explained that negotiations had unfortunately been paused for a number of weeks due to circumstances outwith the council's control.

At that point, we were uncertain if this pause would have an impact on when it will be possible to make offers and payments to claimants. It is now clear that it will.

You will be aware it had previously been hoped that initial offers could be made to some claimants as early as August - with more to follow in October. Having now been able to resume discussions, all parties - including the trades unions and legal teams representing claimants - agree that this is no longer achievable, and the proposed timelines will need to be extended.

At this stage, we do not have definitive dates to share with you - however, everyone involved is conscious that, even after agreement is reached, there is a major administrative exercise to be completed to issue offers and process payments.

We have a series of negotiation meetings scheduled for July and August and all parties remain committed to making progress on outstanding matters as soon as possible.

We are also working hard to understand what the likely new timeline will be and, once we have more detail, we will update you further.

I'm sure the Glasgow claimants are getting very restless.


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