Glasgow's 'Golden Goodbyes' (April 29, 2020)
Here's a post from the blog site archive featuring some more of the 'goings on' at Glasgow City Council.
Regular readers will recall that the City Council agreed to allow its director of finance, Lynn Brown, to retire early which would normally require the employee involved to accept a reduction in their pension benefits.
But in this case, for reasons which have never been fully explained, the Council also agreed to boost the executive director's pension benefits by making an extra, discretionary payment of £120,000 (net) into the Strathclyde Pension Scheme.
Can anyone imagine the same generosity of spirit being shown towards Glasgow's carers, cooks, cleaners, catering workers or classroom assistants?
Very much you scratch my back I’ll scratch yours.. they will all look after each other at the top as they see each other as the “real” council workers we are just the low life at the bottom of the barrel
Regular readers will recall that the City Council agreed to allow its director of finance, Lynn Brown, to retire early which would normally require the employee involved to accept a reduction in their pension benefits.
But in this case, for reasons which have never been fully explained, the Council also agreed to boost the executive director's pension benefits by making an extra, discretionary payment of £120,000 (net) into the Strathclyde Pension Scheme.
Can anyone imagine the same generosity of spirit being shown towards Glasgow's carers, cooks, cleaners, catering workers or classroom assistants?
Glasgow's 'Golden Goodbyes' (23/06/18)
Lots of people have commented on my post about the £120,000 'gifted' to Glasgow's outgoing director of finance, Lynn Brown, so that she could access her pension early - and here's just a selection of what readers had to say.
Absolutely disgusting it’s our tax payers money. Wonder if they could up my pension so I can retire let me think oh no I have to work till I’m 66.
K
So there is no process for how that figure was reached, pretty obvious though, 2 buddies, a nice meal n a couple of glasses of wine.....ta da!... by the way it would take me 7 years hard graft to earn her “Wee goodbye gift”
M
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
G
A
People of Glasgow should know this is going on and were our council taxes ( that half of us struggle to pay ) go right out of our purse straight into their f***kin pocket WHY ?? is this not being investigated they are robbing our hard earned money from right under our nose that is so not all right get this out in the open and half a these kranks should be sacked they shoul hang their head in shame but they won't they are laughing all the way to the bank.
L
Now this row is far from over because the Council hasn't fully explained what went on here and I intend to keep digging away with additional FOI questions to Glasgow City Council as well as pursuing an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC).
But I should not just be doing this on my own, course, because Glasgow's Councillors along with the city's MSPs and MPs should be showing a real interest in the subject by weighing in with their own questions and public comments.
So as well as letting off some steam via Facebook and social media the best thing equal pay claimants in Glasgow can do is to write to their local Councillors, MSPs and MPs - and ask them what they have to say about the Council's behaviour.
