Freedom Come All Ye - South Lanarkshire
Here’s a copy of a recent FOI request to South Lanarkshire Council – regarding its local pay and grading structures.
The male jobs in question (Refuse Drivers) are on higher Spinal Column Points (SCPs) than many female jobs.
Yet the female jobs appear to have at least the same, if not higher, levels of skill and responsibility. Jobs such as carers, cooks/catering managers, classroom assistants and clerical workers.
And our information is that many of the male jobs are permanently preserved on even higher SCP rates – well above the normal ceiling of SCP 28 – ever since the council introduced its new ‘single status’ pay arrangements in 2004.
Up until now, the council has refused to disclose the true position – we are using Freedom of Information to bring these details out into the open – where they belong.
More to follow – watch this space.
Chief Executive
South Lanarkshire Council
BY E-MAIL
Dear Mr Strang
FOI Request
I would like to make the following request under the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002.
I am seeking pay information in respect of specific South Lanarkshire Council jobs:
1. How many posts does the council currently employ in Job Category - Land Services Operative LSO 3 (2)?
2. How many of these posts are placed on Spinal Column Point 25?
3. How many of these posts are placed on Spinal Column Point 26?
4. How many of these posts are placed on Spinal Column Point 27?
5. How many of these posts are placed on Spinal Column Point 28?
6. Please specify how many posts/post holders in Job Category LSO 3 (2) were placed on salary preservation once South Lanarkshire Council introduced its local Single Status arrangements in April 2004?
7. Please specify the current number of preserved salary posts at each of the spinal column points between Spinal Column Points 29 to 50. In other words, how many LSO 3 (2) posts are preserved at Spinal Column Point 29, Spinal Column Point 30, Spinal Column Point 40 and so on – up to and including Spinal Column Point 50?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind regards
Mark Irvine
NB As you may know, the Job Category Land Services Operative (LSO) 3 (2) was formerly known as a council Refuse Driver
The male jobs in question (Refuse Drivers) are on higher Spinal Column Points (SCPs) than many female jobs.
Yet the female jobs appear to have at least the same, if not higher, levels of skill and responsibility. Jobs such as carers, cooks/catering managers, classroom assistants and clerical workers.
And our information is that many of the male jobs are permanently preserved on even higher SCP rates – well above the normal ceiling of SCP 28 – ever since the council introduced its new ‘single status’ pay arrangements in 2004.
Up until now, the council has refused to disclose the true position – we are using Freedom of Information to bring these details out into the open – where they belong.
More to follow – watch this space.
Chief Executive
South Lanarkshire Council
BY E-MAIL
Dear Mr Strang
FOI Request
I would like to make the following request under the Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002.
I am seeking pay information in respect of specific South Lanarkshire Council jobs:
1. How many posts does the council currently employ in Job Category - Land Services Operative LSO 3 (2)?
2. How many of these posts are placed on Spinal Column Point 25?
3. How many of these posts are placed on Spinal Column Point 26?
4. How many of these posts are placed on Spinal Column Point 27?
5. How many of these posts are placed on Spinal Column Point 28?
6. Please specify how many posts/post holders in Job Category LSO 3 (2) were placed on salary preservation once South Lanarkshire Council introduced its local Single Status arrangements in April 2004?
7. Please specify the current number of preserved salary posts at each of the spinal column points between Spinal Column Points 29 to 50. In other words, how many LSO 3 (2) posts are preserved at Spinal Column Point 29, Spinal Column Point 30, Spinal Column Point 40 and so on – up to and including Spinal Column Point 50?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Kind regards
Mark Irvine
NB As you may know, the Job Category Land Services Operative (LSO) 3 (2) was formerly known as a council Refuse Driver
