NLC Update (17/05/15)



The workforce in North Lanarkshire will be interested to learn that the re-evaluation of various council jobs appears to be underway already.


Apparently information packs and questionnaires have been sent out to selected employees and a 'joint team' has been appointed to oversee the process.

As yet, I don't know who is on the 'joint team' but I am told that this is made up of union reps nominated by the GMB, Unison and Unite along with officials from the Council.

In addition an independent expert has been appointed, a chap named Ian Brewster, although there is no indication as to whether to not an Equality Impact Assessment will be carried out which the trade unions demanded last time round, of course.

Now it's early days yet, but this whole process doesn't look terribly transparent to me and I set out my own views of what an open and transparent should look like which is detailed below in a previous post to the blog site.

So if I were a union member in North Lanarkshire, I would certainly start asking some questions about the process because I get the distinct impression that the people in charge are intent on doing most of the work involved behind closed doors.

And we all know that didn't work out too well last time. 

North Lanarkshire Update (01/05/15)


Here's my Action 4 Equality Scotland 'manifesto' on the way in which a further round of job evaluation should be carried out in North Lanarkshire Council to safeguard the interests of the workforce.   

1 A firm from commitment from all parties to complete openness and transparency during the re-evaualtion process

Publication of all female dominated jobs to be re-evaluated and reasons for selection

3 Publication of all male dominated jobs to be re-evaluated and reasons for selection

Publication of all revised job descriptions and an opportunity for input/comment

5 Publication of all JES scores and individual JES factor scores 

6 Publication of a 'rank order test' before any new proposals are finalised

Agreement to a further Equality Impact Assessment (prior to implementation) by an independent person not selected by the Council which revisit the issue of grade boundaries

Now I'm sure there will be lots of people within the workforce who would support this 'seven point plan' and I am happy to work with the trade unions as well to ensure that there is no repeat of what happened in the past.

So, I'm prepared to offer my services to carry out a further Equality Impact Assessment, not just because the last one didn't work out too well, but in order to achieve an outcome that is seen to be fair by everyone involved, especially the workforce. 

In fact, I'll go further and say I'd be prepared to do conduct another Equality Impact Assessment free-of-charge which would also save the Council some money into the bargain.

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