Edinburgh City Council
Edinburgh City Council is still refusing to settle outstanding equal pay claims - for significant groups of staff.
The groups include male workers in predominantly female jobs (such as male carers and catering workers) - and also former APT&C groups such as social care workers and cook supervisors.
Edinburgh's attitude is mind bogglingly stupid - because many other councils reached settlements for these groups long ago.
But for some reason Edinburgh still has its head stuck in the sand - and believes (wrongly, we say) that there is something worth arguing about - in respect of these claims.
Edinburgh tried previously to prevent former APT&C employees from being treated the same way as their former manual colleagues.
But after a major ten-day hearing at the Employment Tribunals - Edinburgh City Council lost this case by a country mile - which described the council at the time as 'trying to defend the indefensible'.
Unfortunately, the council appealed this decision to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) - delaying things yet again and wasting large amounts public money in the process.
We are currently awaiting the outcome of the EAT hearing - as soon as there is any news it will appear on the Action 4 Equality Scotland blog site.
The groups include male workers in predominantly female jobs (such as male carers and catering workers) - and also former APT&C groups such as social care workers and cook supervisors.
Edinburgh's attitude is mind bogglingly stupid - because many other councils reached settlements for these groups long ago.
But for some reason Edinburgh still has its head stuck in the sand - and believes (wrongly, we say) that there is something worth arguing about - in respect of these claims.
Edinburgh tried previously to prevent former APT&C employees from being treated the same way as their former manual colleagues.
But after a major ten-day hearing at the Employment Tribunals - Edinburgh City Council lost this case by a country mile - which described the council at the time as 'trying to defend the indefensible'.
Unfortunately, the council appealed this decision to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) - delaying things yet again and wasting large amounts public money in the process.
We are currently awaiting the outcome of the EAT hearing - as soon as there is any news it will appear on the Action 4 Equality Scotland blog site.
