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A judgement by an employment tribunal in Birmingham means that hundreds of women council workers could be in line for financial pay-outs, a union says. | |
Unite said 250 workers at Coventry City Council could make a claim after the union won the tribunal case, and this could prompt other UK-wide claims. | Unite said 250 workers at Coventry City Council could make a claim after the union won the tribunal case, and this could prompt other UK-wide claims. |
The tribunal took place after it was found that female staff were being paid less than their male colleagues. | The tribunal took place after it was found that female staff were being paid less than their male colleagues. |
"No successful equal pay claims have yet been made," the council insisted. | "No successful equal pay claims have yet been made," the council insisted. |
The local authority said the tribunal found in part for the claimants and in part for the council when the judgment came through on Friday. | The local authority said the tribunal found in part for the claimants and in part for the council when the judgment came through on Friday. |
It added that the tribunal supported its Pay Protection Scheme introduced as part of single-status arrangements aimed at protecting the pay of workers whose salaries had been re-graded. | It added that the tribunal supported its Pay Protection Scheme introduced as part of single-status arrangements aimed at protecting the pay of workers whose salaries had been re-graded. |
In a statement, it said: "At this stage we do not face any financial liability - no successful equal pay claims have yet been made. | In a statement, it said: "At this stage we do not face any financial liability - no successful equal pay claims have yet been made. |
"Claimants must now prove to the tribunal that they have an equal value claim for back pay." | "Claimants must now prove to the tribunal that they have an equal value claim for back pay." |
'Insult to women' | 'Insult to women' |
The union said that the tribunal's ruling means that some women earning up to £140 a week less than their male counterparts could be in line to receive up to £40,000 to make up for the past six years. | The union said that the tribunal's ruling means that some women earning up to £140 a week less than their male counterparts could be in line to receive up to £40,000 to make up for the past six years. |
Tony Higham, the union's regional officer, said: "Our members have waited a long time for justice to be done as these claims were registered in 2005, but their resolve has never faltered. | Tony Higham, the union's regional officer, said: "Our members have waited a long time for justice to be done as these claims were registered in 2005, but their resolve has never faltered. |
"We are now calling on Coventry Council to pay up. To appeal against this decision would not only be a further waste of rate-payers' money, but an insult to the women we depend on to feed our children and look after our elderly." | "We are now calling on Coventry Council to pay up. To appeal against this decision would not only be a further waste of rate-payers' money, but an insult to the women we depend on to feed our children and look after our elderly." |
The council added it was studying the tribunal's 52-page judgment in more detail before deciding whether to lodge an appeal. | The council added it was studying the tribunal's 52-page judgment in more detail before deciding whether to lodge an appeal. |
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