£7.2m equal pay settlement for Tyneside council workers

The BBC has reported that care assistants, domestics, cleaners and lollipop men and women will share a £7.2m compensation settlement, after a long-running equal pay dispute between unions and South Tyneside Council.

More than 2,000 workers will be able to claim up to £8,000 each for disputes going back six years, depending on working hours and time served. South Tyneside Council is also introducing a new pay and grading structure in line with national agreements.

The Equal Pay Act 1970 gi... (52 more words)

Member login

If you are a member of the Workplace Law
Network, please enter your details below

My email address
My password
Keep me logged in:
	I've forgotten my password

Protecting your data

We take data protection very seriously. We will never share your data with third parties. We process data in accordance with: the Data Protection Act 1998; the 11th edition of the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Marketing Practice; and the DMA Direct Marketing Code of Practice.