Serious Injustice



North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) is arguing about an alleged 'serious injustice' over the amount of back pay that equal pay claimants are entitled to in an ongoing tribunal case.

So I thought I'd contrast this claim with what I regard as a real injustice - the favourable treatment that NLC senior officials receive when it comes to their salaries and pay. 

For example, the council's chief executive, Gavin Whitefield receives a performance bonus of £11,039.20 on top of his annual salary of £136,473 which means an extra 8.3% bonus on top of his already sizeable basic salary.

While low paid women workers have faced a policy of pay restraint for years which included pay freezes for some and pay increases as low as 1%. 

Now that's what I call a real injustice and if you ask me the senior officials and Labour politicians running North Lanarkshire Council should hang their heads in shame or, better still, they should all resign.


Performance Pay - extract from NLC web site

Gavin Whitefield
Gavin Whitefield CBE, Chief Executive
The Chief Executive within North Lanarkshire is the council's chief policy advisor. He is the main link between council officials and elected members. He is responsible for corporate governance and seeks to ensure the co-ordination of the organisation and all its functions. Of primary concern to the Chief Executive is the overall direction and performance of the council.
Salary 2013/14: £136,578.03 (plus performance-related pay of £11,395.26

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