Equal pay
'No appetite' for Scottish equal pay unit
Scottish Government ministers are unlikely to establish a national equal pay unit despite calls from the trade union that led strikes over the snowballing issue.
Scots government 'unlikely' to create equal pay body
Scottish Government ministers are unlikely to establish a national equal pay unit, despite calls from the trade union that led to strikes over the snowballing issue.
Left and behind: women at work
Building gender equality and diversity into plans for economic growth has benefits for everyone, writes Sarah Longlands.
Coventry pushes ahead with 'fire and rehire' plan
Coventry City Council has begun a staff consultation over controversial ‘fire and rehire’ proposals.
Union backs strike at Brum
GMB trade union members at Birmingham City Council have voted overwhelmingly to support strike action over perceived delays in settling equal pay claims.
Sunderland care workers in equal pay dispute
Female care workers in Sunderland are taking legal action against the city council in a row over equal pay.
GMB to ballot over Brum strikes
Staff at Birmingham City Council will be balloted on potential strike action over equal pay, amid union claims that the commissioner-led authority has delayed settlements.
Coventry on collision course with union
Coventry City Council is on collision course with the Unite trade union this month, over controversial proposals to end ‘task and finish’ contracts among waste staff.
Brum commissioners warn council will need further help to agree lawful budget
Commissioners at Birmingham City Council have warned it will struggle to agree a lawful budget next year without further help.
Is equal pay really local government’s ticking time bomb?
With equal pay under increasing scrutiny, Gordon McFarlane outlines the best practice the sector should follow to monitor, flag and address any issues.
Scottish and Welsh councils outperform England for ethnicity data
Scottish and Welsh councils are outperforming their English counterparts for publishing workforce ethnicity data, a new report has revealed.
Brum's fiscal firestorm
Birmingham City Council's dilemma highlights local governance struggles, but dire financial circumstances can catalyse positive changes, says Claire Agutter.
Birmingham agrees job evaluation scheme
Birmingham City Council has agreed to implement a new job evaluation scheme in a major step towards meeting its £750m equal pay liabilities.
Employers downplay equal pay risk
Smith Square is monitoring equal pay claims across the sector but remains confident the national job evaluation framework is robust, senior sources have told The MJ.
Bumpy ride for Brum
Mark Conrad looks at what form intervention at Birmingham City Council is likely to take.
Sheffield faces major equal pay claim
Thousands of women are expected to launch an equal pay claim against Sheffield City Council.
It is not austerity that caused Birmingham to issue a s114 notice
'We now have local government failure appearing in all major news outlets and at PMQs – and it doesn’t take an expert to see the issue is not underfunding’, says Heather Jameson.
Brum braced for Government intervention
Birmingham City Council is braced for a wide-ranging Government intervention to help rescue the authority’s bleak finances, and improve political and officer leadership.
Predictable shock stories...but where is the vision?
Birmingham's s114 notice was expected but that didn't make it less eye-popping, says Heather Jameson. Angela Rayner's appointment as the new shadow secretary of state was also unsurprising. 'But the big question will be: what is her vision for local government?'
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh equal pay claims warning
Councils face a fresh wave of potential equal pay claims after a legal ruling exposed problems with the application of the national pay scheme, a high-profile lawyer has warned.