Birmingham Equal Pay dispute settled

[CarlosCorbewrong]

no figures released yet but it will be interesting to see how far away from the “forecast” (and I use that term lightly) £760m - which necessitated cuts to disabled kids transports, closed libraries and worsened Sofia care services - the final figure was.

Thankfully Max Caller had been installed on a grand a day to make sure it was handled well so it should be pretty close… meaning that no unnecessary suffering or widening of inequalities was caused.

[baggy1]

It's the same as every payout will ensure be that equal pay, diesel claims or finance misselling claims. The end user will suffer because of them. One thing that does surprise me is that the equal pay claims only seem to appear in government bodies - I don't see too many private companies being challenged by groups when there is, IMO, evidence that women get paid less for similar roles

[Squid]

no figures released yet but it will be interesting to see how far away from the “forecast” (and I use that term lightly) £760m - which necessitated cuts to disabled kids transports, closed libraries and worsened Sofia care services - the final figure was.

Thankfully Max Caller had been installed on a grand a day to make sure it was handled well so it should be pretty close… meaning that no unnecessary suffering or widening of inequalities was caused.

I really wish some of the money from the Ozzy concert could have gone to these causes instead. The permanent closure of Spring Hill library is such a massive loss to the area.

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

It's the same as every payout will ensure be that equal pay, diesel claims or finance misselling claims. The end user will suffer because of them. One thing that does surprise me is that the equal pay claims only seem to appear in government bodies - I don't see too many private companies being challenged by groups when there is, IMO, evidence that women get paid less for similar roles

I thought some of the big supermarkets did tbf, maybe I’m wrong

[CarlosCorbewrong]

It's the same as every payout will ensure be that equal pay, diesel claims or finance misselling claims. The end user will suffer because of them. One thing that does surprise me is that the equal pay claims only seem to appear in government bodies - I don't see too many private companies being challenged by groups when there is, IMO, evidence that women get paid less for similar roles

I thought some of the big supermarkets did tbf, maybe I’m wrong

Tesco IIRC. Till wenches vs the warehouse blokes.

[CarlosCorbewrong]

Who could have seen this coming?

Cuts wholly unnecessary. Max Caller wholly unnecessary.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025...ncy-expert

[Jacko]

Sounds like they used the accountants on here... question now has to be who stood to benefit from pushing through the section 114 notice.

[CarlosCorbewrong]

TK Max got a grand a day. I can tell you who disbenefited: disabled kids who needed transport to school

[Tom Joad 25]

Who could have seen this coming?

Cuts wholly unnecessary. Max Caller wholly unnecessary.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025...ncy-expert

Following an exclusive in the Brum Dispatch.  An excellent (online) paper.

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Sounds like they used the accountants on here... question now has to be who stood to benefit from pushing through the section 114 notice.

Interesting.  Do you have any theories?

[Jacko]

Who could have seen this coming?

Cuts wholly unnecessary. Max Caller wholly unnecessary.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025...ncy-expert

Following an exclusive in the Brum Dispatch.  An excellent (online) paper.

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Sounds like they used the accountants on here... question now has to be who stood to benefit from pushing through the section 114 notice.

Interesting.  Do you have any theories?

No theories, but a billion pound underestimate surely raises suspicion?