Equal pay: local authority
Consultant author: Laurie Anstis
Summary
- An optional job evaluation scheme is set out in part 4 of the Green Book. (See The Green Book job evaluation scheme)
- Local authority local pay reviews should incorporate equal pay audits. (See Local equal pay audits)
- The Local Government Association has published a guide to the law on equal pay. (See Guide to the law on equal pay)
- A number of equal pay claims have been based on widening the field of comparators to embrace employees employed by other organisations but doing similar work. (See Attempts to widen the field of comparators)
- Case law has held that there is objective justification for service-based pay progression. (See Incremental pay scales linked to service)