Falkirk Settlements
The settlement process for Falkirk Council is getting underway - individual letters will start going out this week.
As in other areas the settlement goes up to the date that Falkrik Council introduced its new Single Status pay arrangements - which was on 18 December 2006.
The council is only prepared to settle cases up until this date - at the moment - so everyone has an ongoing claim from 18 December 2006 onwards - for a period of up to three years.
The ongoing claim is because of the protection period that the council applied to the big bonus earning male jobs - which had their earnings protected for a further three years after the new pay arrangements came into play.
Action 4 Equality Scotland is already taking this claim up on your behalf - there is no need for you to do anything - just sit tight and this additional part of your claim will be settled in due course.
We are continuing to fight for the rest of the money people are owed - and will let you know as soon as there are any developments.
In the meantime, everyone should just relax - and wait on their letters working their way through the system.
Sending e-mails every two or three days - or ringing the office asking for an update - doesn't speed the process up.
In fact it just slows things down - because staff are diverted from the main task in hand - which is to check and process all the paperwork.
The aim is to complete everything as quickly as possible - but this will take time to do properly - so people's patience and continued co-operation is essential.
As in other areas the settlement goes up to the date that Falkrik Council introduced its new Single Status pay arrangements - which was on 18 December 2006.
The council is only prepared to settle cases up until this date - at the moment - so everyone has an ongoing claim from 18 December 2006 onwards - for a period of up to three years.
The ongoing claim is because of the protection period that the council applied to the big bonus earning male jobs - which had their earnings protected for a further three years after the new pay arrangements came into play.
Action 4 Equality Scotland is already taking this claim up on your behalf - there is no need for you to do anything - just sit tight and this additional part of your claim will be settled in due course.
We are continuing to fight for the rest of the money people are owed - and will let you know as soon as there are any developments.
In the meantime, everyone should just relax - and wait on their letters working their way through the system.
Sending e-mails every two or three days - or ringing the office asking for an update - doesn't speed the process up.
In fact it just slows things down - because staff are diverted from the main task in hand - which is to check and process all the paperwork.
The aim is to complete everything as quickly as possible - but this will take time to do properly - so people's patience and continued co-operation is essential.
