Single Status in South Lanarkshire
A regular reader from South Lanarkshire has been in touch - with an intriguing enquiry.
The reader says that when she and other women council employees were moved from weekly to fortnightly pay in 2002/03 - they received no payment or 'incentive' from South Lanarkshire Council - for agreeing to this change.
Yet - the readers says - that the weekly paid male workers who were moved over to fortnightly pay did receive an incentive payment from South Lanarkshire Council - a one-off payment of £500 apparently.
"How come?" - the reader asks, not unreasonably.
Well I don't know - but this seems very odd indeed.
Because if the claim is correct - then it would be a clear example of male workers within South Lanarkshire Council being treated more favourably - than their women colleagues.
Not only that - it wouldn't make economic sense either - because there were far more weekly paid women workers in the council at that time - by a ratio of 2 to 1.
So moving the weekly paid women over to fortnightly pay must have saved the council much more money - than moving a much smaller number of men.
If you can shed any light on what happened over the move to fortnightly pay - and any differences in the treatment of male and female council workers - then drop me a note at: markirvine@compuserve.com
Maybe South Lanarkshire Council itself - can help explain the situation - maybe things are not as they first appear.
If so, I'd be happy to share the details on the blog site.
The reader says that when she and other women council employees were moved from weekly to fortnightly pay in 2002/03 - they received no payment or 'incentive' from South Lanarkshire Council - for agreeing to this change.
Yet - the readers says - that the weekly paid male workers who were moved over to fortnightly pay did receive an incentive payment from South Lanarkshire Council - a one-off payment of £500 apparently.
"How come?" - the reader asks, not unreasonably.
Well I don't know - but this seems very odd indeed.
Because if the claim is correct - then it would be a clear example of male workers within South Lanarkshire Council being treated more favourably - than their women colleagues.
Not only that - it wouldn't make economic sense either - because there were far more weekly paid women workers in the council at that time - by a ratio of 2 to 1.
So moving the weekly paid women over to fortnightly pay must have saved the council much more money - than moving a much smaller number of men.
If you can shed any light on what happened over the move to fortnightly pay - and any differences in the treatment of male and female council workers - then drop me a note at: markirvine@compuserve.com
Maybe South Lanarkshire Council itself - can help explain the situation - maybe things are not as they first appear.
If so, I'd be happy to share the details on the blog site.
