Short Shrift in Edinburgh
A number of readers from Edinburgh have been in touch - asking why the outstanding male claims have been settled - but not the 'equal value' claims from former council workers on former APT&C grades.
The kind of jobs involved are social care workers - catering managers, previously known as cooks-in-charge - and so on.
Well the answer is that the delay is down to Edinburgh City Council's intransigence - because this ability of former APT&C workers to bring an equal pay claims was demonstrated long ago.
An Employment Tribunal in Edinburgh in the summer of 2008 decided that former APT&C workers - were able to compare their earnings against the much higher earnings of traditional male groups - such as male refuse workers and gardeners.
In fact the Employment Judge described Edinburgh City Council - as trying to defend the 'indefensible'.
But the council decided to waste even more public money by appealing that decision - to the Employment Appeal Tribunal - where it lost again.
And then the council decided to appeal even further to the Court of Session - where the case is due to be heard from 14 to 17 June 2011.
So, Edinburgh City Council is responsible for the delay - no one else.
Let's hope the Court of Session gives Edinburgh's case short shrift - and follows the lead of the previous ET and EAT hearings.
The kind of jobs involved are social care workers - catering managers, previously known as cooks-in-charge - and so on.
Well the answer is that the delay is down to Edinburgh City Council's intransigence - because this ability of former APT&C workers to bring an equal pay claims was demonstrated long ago.
An Employment Tribunal in Edinburgh in the summer of 2008 decided that former APT&C workers - were able to compare their earnings against the much higher earnings of traditional male groups - such as male refuse workers and gardeners.
In fact the Employment Judge described Edinburgh City Council - as trying to defend the 'indefensible'.
But the council decided to waste even more public money by appealing that decision - to the Employment Appeal Tribunal - where it lost again.
And then the council decided to appeal even further to the Court of Session - where the case is due to be heard from 14 to 17 June 2011.
So, Edinburgh City Council is responsible for the delay - no one else.
Let's hope the Court of Session gives Edinburgh's case short shrift - and follows the lead of the previous ET and EAT hearings.
