North Lanarkshire Update



I've had lots of enquiries about arranging local meetings in North Lanarkshire to step things up a gear or two in relation to equal pay.  

I'll have more to say on that subject in the next day or so, but in the meantime a kind reader has drawn my attention to the following two job adverts from North Lanarkshire Council.

 Assistant Chief Executive (Infrastructure)



Ref no: NLA01357

Closes: Sunday, 21st February 2016

Published: Friday, 29th January 2016

Location: Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell

Salary: £120,810 - £124,349 per year

Hours: 35.00 hours per week

Contract Type: Full Time

Position Type: Permanent

See more at: https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/north-lanarkshire-council/jobs/assistant-chief-executive-infrastructure-39633#sthash.zpNi7M5f.dpuf


Assistant Chief Executive (Enterprise and Housing Resources)



Ref no: NLA01355

Closes: Sunday, 21st February 2016

Published: Friday, 29th January 2016

Location: Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell

Salary: £120,810 - £124,349 per year

Hours: 35.00 hours per week

Contract Type: Full Time

Position Type: Permanent

See more at: https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/north-lanarkshire-council/jobs/assistant-chief-executive-enterprise-and-housing-resources-39570#sthash.kBRdahGR.dpuf

Now I thought I read somewhere recently that NLC was reducing its top management costs, but here we have the Council recruiting not just one but two Assistant Chief Executives at a salary cost of up to £124,349 a year each.

As regular readers know, I don't have a high opinion of senior officials in NLC not least because they introduced and benefited from a highly controversial pay scheme based on local 'performance bonuses' which were available only to the Council's top brass - while the low paid foot soldiers (mainly women) were all still fighting for equal pay.  

 And these pay arrangements were, of course, signed off by the Council's Labour-run administration right under the noses of the trade unions.

 Come to think of it this would be a great time to re-publish some of the old posts from the blog site archive.

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