Edinburgh Update
Edinburgh City Council has finally run out of road – the council is being required to attend a GMF hearing to consider its outstanding equal pay claims.
For months now Stefan Cross has been pressing for the employment tribunal to set a firm date for GMF hearing – because that puts the council firmly on the spot.
In plain language - a defence hearing finally forces the employer justify its discriminatory actions – the big pay differences between male and female jobs.
The good news is that the tribunal has now decided that an Edinburgh GMF hearing must be held within the next six months – between October 2009 and February 2010.
Longer than we would have wished – it has to be said.
But just remember that Unison has been lining up alongside the council on this subject – with the union’s lawyers asking for a delay in the GMF hearing - until late 2010!
Action 4 Equality and Stefan Cross Solicitors - on the other hand -are ready to go anytime.
We want the GMF hearing to proceed as soon as possible – and we have already identified dates when our legal team is available to get proceeding underway.
Like our clients in Edinburgh we’re fed up with the council’s end delaying tactics.
See previous post – “Big Stink in Auld Reekie’ – dated 18 August 2009.
For months now Stefan Cross has been pressing for the employment tribunal to set a firm date for GMF hearing – because that puts the council firmly on the spot.
In plain language - a defence hearing finally forces the employer justify its discriminatory actions – the big pay differences between male and female jobs.
The good news is that the tribunal has now decided that an Edinburgh GMF hearing must be held within the next six months – between October 2009 and February 2010.
Longer than we would have wished – it has to be said.
But just remember that Unison has been lining up alongside the council on this subject – with the union’s lawyers asking for a delay in the GMF hearing - until late 2010!
Action 4 Equality and Stefan Cross Solicitors - on the other hand -are ready to go anytime.
We want the GMF hearing to proceed as soon as possible – and we have already identified dates when our legal team is available to get proceeding underway.
Like our clients in Edinburgh we’re fed up with the council’s end delaying tactics.
See previous post – “Big Stink in Auld Reekie’ – dated 18 August 2009.
