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The GMB Scotland trade union has called on Finance Secretary Shona Robison to push local authorities to settle disputes over equal pay claims, rather than fighting lengthy employment tribunal cases. GMB Scotland secretary Louise Gilmour said women working for local authorities "continue to face delays, obstruction, and lengthy tribunal processes while councils expend significant public funds contesting claims rather than delivering justice". Councils, she added, "are spending millions of pounds on legal fees, tribunal costs, and interest payments rather than resolving equal pay claims through negotiation and settlement". While the UK Government, she noted, is strengthening equal pay enforcement and reporting requirements for public bodies, the "continued reality in Scotland" is of "women having to fight, sometimes for years, to secure pay to which they are entitled".
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