Claiming compensation for equal pay: a solution for former local government workers whose claims may have timed out

The Equal Pay Act 1970 established the right of all female workers to be paid an equivalent salary to that of their male counterparts but in local government practices continued which conspired to deny many local government workers their rights. Many workers, mostly but not exclusively women, have been systematically denied their rights to equal pay with other workers doing comparable jobs and some claims have run out of time. Here equalpaylawyer.co.uk suggests a possible solution.

Since at least 1997 Employers and the Unions representing their members have been aware of considerable disparities in pay between workers conducting "work of equal value". Women have been disproportionately badly hit.

Local Government Employers and Unions have been "negotiating" for 10 years to solve this problem and in some cases they have actively colluded to avoid paying money which every one accepts should be due to largely female workers. The effect of this delay has been to deprive thousands of workers of compensation that they cannot now recover.

Two groups of workers have been particularly disadvantaged by the protacted negotiations and the failure to reach an agreement

1. Workers who have left their employment more than 6 months ago (less one day) have lost their right to bring a claim.
2. Workers employed for over six years have lost the right to claim for unequal pay for any period of employment between 1997 to 2001 (six years from today). This group is growing every day.

However, these workers may still have a claim. We want to hear from people who fall within either of these two categories. In particular we are looking for workers who, at their Unions suggestion, instructed their Union Solicitors.

We think that there may be substantial evidence from this group of workers that ;

• They appointed Solicitors to act for them.
• Those Solicitors advised them not to pursue a claim - yet.
• As a result of the advice they received they have lost considerable sums of money in back pay properly due to them.

We think that these workers have been let down by their Solicitors. We think they should have been advised to present a claim to protect their position even if they then agreed not to pursue the claim whilst the union negotiated.

If you think you are one of these workers then please contact us. We would like to discuss with you what advice you did receive and whether you have a claim against your Union or their, sorry your, Solicitor.

In the first instance fill out an equalpaylawyer.co.uk compensation enquiry form...

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