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| Controversial pay review delayed | |
| (about 11 hours later) | |
| Flintshire council has decided to delay a controversial pay review which could have left many staff facing large cuts. | |
| More than 1,200 workers faced wage cuts following efforts to implement an agreement on equal pay. | |
| More than a quarter of the 70 council members signed a notice of motion against the move, with some claiming they would lose up to £15,000. | |
| The council said it would look again at the scheme, but remained committed to implementing a single status agreement. | |
| The Single Status Agreement was signed in 1997 by all UK councils, in an attempt to end unequal pay in local government, especially differences in manual and white-collar pay between men and women. | The Single Status Agreement was signed in 1997 by all UK councils, in an attempt to end unequal pay in local government, especially differences in manual and white-collar pay between men and women. |
| However, a special meeting was held on Tuesday in an attempt to overturn the decision to implement the deal. | |
| If you have sad staff, you have sad service - staff won't put any effort in if they're not being paid properly Councillor Klaus Armstrong-Braun | If you have sad staff, you have sad service - staff won't put any effort in if they're not being paid properly Councillor Klaus Armstrong-Braun |
| More than a quarter of the 70 council members signed a notice of motion calling for the decision to be overturned. | |
| The motion said the review had led to a "far higher loss of earnings by individual members of staff than the few hundred pounds that the council was previously informed of". | |
| Councillor Klaus Armstrong-Braun, who had called for the special meeting and put forward the motion, said he had received cross-party support from councillors concerned about the way the issue had been handled. | Councillor Klaus Armstrong-Braun, who had called for the special meeting and put forward the motion, said he had received cross-party support from councillors concerned about the way the issue had been handled. |
| "It's a complete debacle and it's completely undermined morale among council staff," he said. | "It's a complete debacle and it's completely undermined morale among council staff," he said. |
| Pay increase | Pay increase |
| "When were were advised on this before the decision was taken in August, we were given the impression that no one would lose more than a few hundred pounds. | "When were were advised on this before the decision was taken in August, we were given the impression that no one would lose more than a few hundred pounds. |
| "But now it's clear that some workers will lose £10,000 or more." | "But now it's clear that some workers will lose £10,000 or more." |
| He cited one example where two people doing identical jobs had been put on different pay grades. | He cited one example where two people doing identical jobs had been put on different pay grades. |
| "If you have sad staff, you have sad service - staff won't put any effort in if they're not being paid properly. We will lose good technical staff," he said. | "If you have sad staff, you have sad service - staff won't put any effort in if they're not being paid properly. We will lose good technical staff," he said. |
| Flintshire council chief executive Colin Everett has said around half of those affected by the changes would see their pay increase. | Flintshire council chief executive Colin Everett has said around half of those affected by the changes would see their pay increase. |
| However, he admitted that it did mean some council employees would be adversely affected. | However, he admitted that it did mean some council employees would be adversely affected. |
| All staff will have a right to appeal against any changes. | All staff will have a right to appeal against any changes. |