Glasgow MSPs and MPs

I sent my post 'Why Glasgow's WPBR Sucks (7) to all Glasgow MSPs and MPs along with the following Twitter message:

Senior officials in Glasgow City Council should be on their knees apologising for the WPBR - instead they are defending the discredited pay scheme which has been condemned as 'unfit for purpose' by Scotland's highest civil court.

I hope that claimants in Glasgow are tasing these issues with their elected politicians as well  - because the WPBR and its discriminatory pay practices for is a major issue for the parties to overcome, if there is to be a negotiated settlement of the outstanding equal pay claims. 

And at the moment, the senior officials representing the council side are the same senior officials who have been defending the WPBR for years.

  

Why Glasgow's WPBR Sucks (7) 

WCD has 6 levels from Level 0 (which attracts no payment whatsoever) to Level 5 which attracts the highest payment.

Level 0 - has 23% Men and 77% Women (0 to 44 points)

Level 1 - has 26% Men and 74% Women (45 to 54 points)

Level 2 - has 51% Men and 49% Women (55 to 63 points)

Level 3 - has 93% Men and 07% Women (64 to 72 points)

Level 4 - has 100% Men and 0% Women (73 to 79 points)

Level 5 - has 100% Men and 0% Women (80 points plus)

The position can be summarised as follows:

• The highest concentration of women is to be found at WCD Level 0 which attracts a zero payment. 
• Women also dominate Level 1 which attracts the lowest level of WCD payment. 
• Traditional male jobs dominate Levels 2, 3, 4 and 5 despite the fact that men make up only 30% of the workforce.
• Each WCD Level is awarded points and the points are worth money - except in the case of Level 0 which attracts no monetary reward. 
• Level 0 has from 0 to 44 points, but these points do not get added to an employee's initial WPBR Grade even though the extra points would make a difference to some of the claimants' grades and Core Pay. 
• The strange banding of points has clearly been designed to favour male dominated jobs - the first Level 0 band is 'up to 44 points' yet all the others have much shorter 'steps'.

Yet another reason the Court of Session decided that Glasgow's WPBR is 'unfit for purpose' although the City Council's senior officials continue to disagree.