Equal pay compensation.

[Bivvysenior]

My local council is paying compensation to school staff who claimed under Equal pay for long term underpayment. The payments vary between �100 and �7000 to staff.
However, voluntary aided and foundation school staff are excluded can anyone advise why?

[bednobs]

perhaps the council dont pay the wages of those people?

[Bivvysenior]

The council pays all the staff via the payroll system this is common to all the schools.

[buildersmate]

Because there is no legal obligation to do it.
Only councils have money to lob around the place.

[Mrs_Pegasus]

In VA and foundation schools the employers are the Governors and not the local authority. Although you may receive a payslip from the LA this doesnt mean you are employed by them because they may well have been contracted to provide payroll services.

[Bivvysenior]

Can we therfore take the Governors through any legal process so they can comply with Equal Pay compensation.

Can we take the Governors to a tribunal?

It appears that if you are employed in a voluntary aided (VA) school you are excluded from any entitlement to compensation is that not a form of discrimination ?

Surely the Law on Equal Pay applies for everyone to adhere to not just the Local Authority.

[thugulike]

If the VA and Foundation schools used the same job evaluation scheme which was operated using the same pay line as community schools there could well be a case for there being one employer. This came out of the mouth of a Regional Employment Judge last week

[Bivvysenior]

Thanks thugulike..
That is a very interesting comment will pass on the information. Is there a link that you can supply so I could investigate further.