South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire is up to its old tricks on the subject of grievances - see post dated 24 February 2008.
Individual clients have recently submitted hundreds of letters to the council:
The reality is that South Lanarkshire is playing games - of course they understand the question and they can easily provide the answers - many other councils (of all hues and colours) have already.
The question is what do various groups of traditional male jobs get paid in South Lanarkshire? For example, a council refuse driver?
And how does South Lanarkshire justify the big difference in pay between different male and female jobs? For example, a refuse driver and a home carer?
We've received reports from people in South Lanarkshire who say that a refuse driver earns £11.02 per hour while a home carer earns only £6.63 - a whopping great difference of £4.37 per hour (see post dated 14 November 2007). But what does the council say?
Up till now South Lanarkshire refuses to confirm, deny or to explain the differences in pay - since any fair minded assessment of the two jobs would suggest that the female carer's job has more skill and responsibility - and, if anything, should be paid more than the driver - not less!
So, the council is desperately trying to conceal the facts - the rates of pay of all the different male and female jobs. If they had nothing to hide, they would have slapped this information on the table long ago.
Our advice - at the moment - is just to sit tight and await further advice. No need to worry about the council's tactics - they're a sign of how desperate things are at council headquarters.
Just spread the word and take every opportunity to ask councillors, council officials, trade unions, MSPs and MPs: "What is South Lanarkshire trying to hide and why is the council so reluctant to explain its case?"
Individual clients have recently submitted hundreds of letters to the council:
- Confirming that people do indeed understand their grievances
- Asking the council to explain why groups of predominantly male jobs are so much better paid
- Inviting the council to meet with Stefan Cross Solicitors to discuss terms of settlement
The reality is that South Lanarkshire is playing games - of course they understand the question and they can easily provide the answers - many other councils (of all hues and colours) have already.
The question is what do various groups of traditional male jobs get paid in South Lanarkshire? For example, a council refuse driver?
And how does South Lanarkshire justify the big difference in pay between different male and female jobs? For example, a refuse driver and a home carer?
We've received reports from people in South Lanarkshire who say that a refuse driver earns £11.02 per hour while a home carer earns only £6.63 - a whopping great difference of £4.37 per hour (see post dated 14 November 2007). But what does the council say?
Up till now South Lanarkshire refuses to confirm, deny or to explain the differences in pay - since any fair minded assessment of the two jobs would suggest that the female carer's job has more skill and responsibility - and, if anything, should be paid more than the driver - not less!
So, the council is desperately trying to conceal the facts - the rates of pay of all the different male and female jobs. If they had nothing to hide, they would have slapped this information on the table long ago.
Our advice - at the moment - is just to sit tight and await further advice. No need to worry about the council's tactics - they're a sign of how desperate things are at council headquarters.
Just spread the word and take every opportunity to ask councillors, council officials, trade unions, MSPs and MPs: "What is South Lanarkshire trying to hide and why is the council so reluctant to explain its case?"
