Public services union UNISON has supported one of its members in a successful equal pay case. Under the National Health Service’s Agenda for Change job evaluation system introduced in 2005, the job of a nurse is rated as equivalent to a maintenance supervisor. While acknowledging this, the local health service employer tried to argue that the local labour market and different bargaining arrangements justified higher pay for maintenance workers. The tribunal rejected the employer’s case.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/436
http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=2391
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