East Dunbartonshire
A reader from East Dunbartonshire has sent in the following report from her local newspaper.
"Loan for Equal Pay
Council chiefs have borrowed more than £2.5 million to pay off equal pay claims in the next 12 months.
The loan which has been approved by the Scottish government will be used as negotiations continue with employees' who believe they have been underpaid in past years.
An East Dunbartonshire spokesperson said we can confirm that the council has arranged to borrow £2.7 million from the scottish government in order to settle any equal pay claims that arise in 2010/11."
What the reader can't understand is - why it's taking the council so long to get its finger out - and settle these outstanding claims?
Well that's a question for the council leadership to answer - because the loan from the Scottish government has not been approved willy nilly.
The loan of public money has only been approved - on the basis that it's a legitimate cost which the council has to meet - so East Dunbartonshire should now do the decent thing and get the job done.
"Loan for Equal Pay
Council chiefs have borrowed more than £2.5 million to pay off equal pay claims in the next 12 months.
The loan which has been approved by the Scottish government will be used as negotiations continue with employees' who believe they have been underpaid in past years.
An East Dunbartonshire spokesperson said we can confirm that the council has arranged to borrow £2.7 million from the scottish government in order to settle any equal pay claims that arise in 2010/11."
What the reader can't understand is - why it's taking the council so long to get its finger out - and settle these outstanding claims?
Well that's a question for the council leadership to answer - because the loan from the Scottish government has not been approved willy nilly.
The loan of public money has only been approved - on the basis that it's a legitimate cost which the council has to meet - so East Dunbartonshire should now do the decent thing and get the job done.
