A Reader Asks..........?
Question
I am a home carer - I've been reading your blog site and was surprised to learn that I may have another claim - even though I accepted a previous settlement offer from Falkirk Council. Is this correct and does it make any difference that I left the council in October 2008?
Answer
Yes, you definitely have another claim - because the settlement you accepted from the council covered only the period up to the date of the introduction of Falkirk's new job evaluation (JE) scheme - probably sometime during 2007 or 2008.
From that date onwards, you have a further claim - because the council is protecting the higher pay of the traditional male groups - and you have a claim for as long as that difference in pay continues.
Aberdeen City Council, for example, is introducing new pay arrangements from 1 May 2009 - and will then protect the higher pay of the male groups until 2012.
If you leave the council's employment, you have only 6 months to register a new claim - if you delay beyond 6 months any new claim will be out of time.
For reasons known only to themselves, the unions are not telling their members that they have fresh claims - and of course the employer won't tell people because that would cost them money - and that's how they've behaved since 1999.
So, spread the word and let other people know.
I am a home carer - I've been reading your blog site and was surprised to learn that I may have another claim - even though I accepted a previous settlement offer from Falkirk Council. Is this correct and does it make any difference that I left the council in October 2008?
Answer
Yes, you definitely have another claim - because the settlement you accepted from the council covered only the period up to the date of the introduction of Falkirk's new job evaluation (JE) scheme - probably sometime during 2007 or 2008.
From that date onwards, you have a further claim - because the council is protecting the higher pay of the traditional male groups - and you have a claim for as long as that difference in pay continues.
Aberdeen City Council, for example, is introducing new pay arrangements from 1 May 2009 - and will then protect the higher pay of the male groups until 2012.
If you leave the council's employment, you have only 6 months to register a new claim - if you delay beyond 6 months any new claim will be out of time.
For reasons known only to themselves, the unions are not telling their members that they have fresh claims - and of course the employer won't tell people because that would cost them money - and that's how they've behaved since 1999.
So, spread the word and let other people know.
