North Lanarkshire Update



I've had a barrel load of emails from readers in North Lanarkshire which is hardly surprising given the news that the Council has finally signed the MOU on equal pay.

 I don't have the time or resources to respond to all of these on an individual basis, but I will try and deal with wider or group issues via the blog site over the next few days.

 A number of Equal Value (EV or former APT&C) claimants have been in touch and apparently there is some concern that claims prior to 2007 have been forgotten about, or even given up, which is not correct.

 The Employment Tribunal has already decided in favour of this group and the only outstanding issue is the size of the award for that earlier period which is going back to the tribunal for an adjudicated decision, because North Lanarkshire Council has not agreed to the settlement proposals put forward by Action 4 Equality Scotland.

 So there is no reason for EV claimants to panic or feel despondent since the pre-2007 element of people's claims is going back to the Employment Tribunals only because our advice is that an adjudicated decision is likely to produce a better outcome for claimants.

 More posts and individual letters will follow in the days ahead although it would be helpful if claimants did not bombard the A4ES office with phone calls and emails at this stage.

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