West Lothian Council has become the latest authority in Scotland to reveal plans for a new deal on equal pay under the government’s single-status initiative.
The authority’s policy, partnership and resources committee has approved a report which includes plans for a one-off equal pay compensation offer of £8.4m.
Council leader Graeme Morrice said the deal follows talks to settle pay among council staff.
“We have been working with the trade unions for some time now to develop a strategy to introduce new equal pay arrangements for all our employees under the national single status agreement,” he said.
The council agreed to adopt a nationally agreed job evaluation scheme which involved assessing the jobs of 5,000 employees across all services.
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“We have now reached the stage where we are proposing to make offers on compensation to a number of our employees under equal pay legislation,” said Morrice.
“We will be seeking to reach agreement on a new pay and grading structure which will ensure equal pay for the future.”
