City of York Council pays out £4.9 million to settle equal-pay dispute (From York Press)

I thought I had a long time waiting months and months for CoYC to pay bills. These workers have had 6 years to wait!

At least all the staff who've been shafted for £thousands now know where their pay has gone!

It seems as if this situation is not confined to CoYC, but is a national one. Our Council's financial officers seem to have recommended a successful course of action to Councillors.
Security words bank-good!

£4.9 million! For that they could have bought them selves a new HQ.
Security Words: same-wish

What was the tricky bit in "Every public authority in the country has been affected by equal pay legislation, which dates back to the 1997 Single Status Agreement. Councils agreed then to end discrimination" that the council didn't understand? Another £5million wasted

I dont get it! since 1977 the coyc have been breaking the law by discriminating against women. Are any prosecutions pending? anybody been sacked? any council members want to resign? 4.9 million of taxpayers money being paid out because they could not or would not obey the law of the land. welours want to resign

disillusioned23 wrote:
What was the tricky bit in "Every public authority in the country has been affected by equal pay legislation, which dates back to the 1997 Single Status Agreement. Councils agreed then to end discrimination" that the council didn't understand? Another £5million wasted

I don't understand your logic.
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How can "another £5million be wasted"?
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The figure quoted also, as stated in te article, includes the cost of 6 years back pay. This may have been lewd business sense from CYC...spend xxx years under paying people, then when it all comes out in the open repay a mere 6 years, plus legal costs. I will bet a pound to a penny that the legal bill is negligable in comparison to the wage bill for this period, so the many decades of underpayment are simply 'profit' for the council.
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As a side point, the only way to stop discrimination is to stop asking the questions...when applying for a job, why does my sexuality matter? It doesn't. My qualifications and experience matter...so ask about that. My sexuality does not, so why bother asking? It's the same as asking about my favourite colour or my dogs name. But because they ask, they can discriminate. Any employer can...just to get the ratio of women to men, gays to straights, whites to non-whites, disabled to able-bodied back to a level that is deemed socially acceptable.
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I was told the other day, set up your stall and sell yourself. If I'm doing the same job as the guy next to me, I doubt we're on the same pay...it's up to me to negociate what I want. I'll walk away if I don't want that little. I'll try and screw as much money out of whoever I work for as possible. After all, why not? It's not discriminatory, it's just good business - the same good business that the company are trying to do by getting the best people as cheap as possible.

mystic_genius wrote:

disillusioned23 wrote:
What was the tricky bit in "Every public authority in the country has been affected by equal pay legislation, which dates back to the 1997 Single Status Agreement. Councils agreed then to end discrimination" that the council didn't understand? Another £5million wasted

I don't understand your logic.
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How can "another £5million be wasted"?
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The figure quoted also, as stated in te article, includes the cost of 6 years back pay. This may have been lewd business sense from CYC...spend xxx years under paying people, then when it all comes out in the open repay a mere 6 years, plus legal costs. I will bet a pound to a penny that the legal bill is negligable in comparison to the wage bill for this period, so the many decades of underpayment are simply 'profit' for the council.
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As a side point, the only way to stop discrimination is to stop asking the questions...when applying for a job, why does my sexuality matter? It doesn't. My qualifications and experience matter...so ask about that. My sexuality does not, so why bother asking? It's the same as asking about my favourite colour or my dogs name. But because they ask, they can discriminate. Any employer can...just to get the ratio of women to men, gays to straights, whites to non-whites, disabled to able-bodied back to a level that is deemed socially acceptable.
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I was told the other day, set up your stall and sell yourself. If I'm doing the same job as the guy next to me, I doubt we're on the same pay...it's up to me to negociate what I want. I'll walk away if I don't want that little. I'll try and screw as much money out of whoever I work for as possible. After all, why not? It's not discriminatory, it's just good business - the same good business that the company are trying to do by getting the best people as cheap as possible.

We all know who you are - use your real name

mystic_genius wrote:

disillusioned23 wrote: What was the tricky bit in "Every public authority in the country has been affected by equal pay legislation, which dates back to the 1997 Single Status Agreement. Councils agreed then to end discrimination" that the council didn't understand? Another £5million wasted

I don't understand your logic. ` How can "another £5million be wasted"? ` The figure quoted also, as stated in te article, includes the cost of 6 years back pay. This may have been lewd business sense from CYC...spend xxx years under paying people, then when it all comes out in the open repay a mere 6 years, plus legal costs. I will bet a pound to a penny that the legal bill is negligable in comparison to the wage bill for this period, so the many decades of underpayment are simply 'profit' for the council. ` As a side point, the only way to stop discrimination is to stop asking the questions...when applying for a job, why does my sexuality matter? It doesn't. My qualifications and experience matter...so ask about that. My sexuality does not, so why bother asking? It's the same as asking about my favourite colour or my dogs name. But because they ask, they can discriminate. Any employer can...just to get the ratio of women to men, gays to straights, whites to non-whites, disabled to able-bodied back to a level that is deemed socially acceptable. ` I was told the other day, set up your stall and sell yourself. If I'm doing the same job as the guy next to me, I doubt we're on the same pay...it's up to me to negociate what I want. I'll walk away if I don't want that little. I'll try and screw as much money out of whoever I work for as possible. After all, why not? It's not discriminatory, it's just good business - the same good business that the company are trying to do by getting the best people as cheap as possible.

What you failed to understand was that if the Council had removed any inequality in salaries (such as bonuses for turning up) in 1997 then the Council wouldn't have had to pay £5million later.