Male Claimants

A number of male readers have been in touch in the past few days to ask whether men are able to pursue an equal pay claim - or is this process restricted only to women.

Well I've written about this situation many times on the blog site and the position is that lots of male workers have equal play claims as well which fall into two categories.

The first covers male workers employed in a job mainly but not exclusively by women - a Home Support Worker (HSW), for example, Playground Supervisors or School Crossing Patrollers.

Now a male HSW has exactly the same equal pay claim as a female HSW and there is no difference between the two, although like everywhere else equal pay will not simply fall into people's laps out of the sky.

So people need to register an individual claim to avoid missing out altogether.

The second category of male claimant covers jobs predominantly done by men but which have never received a bonus payments - social services drivers, janitors and caretakers for example. 

If in doubt contact Action 4 Equality Scotland for further advice and information. 

Contact Action 4 Equality Scotland:

Phone:0131 652 7366

Email: enquiries@action4equality.co.uk