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Equal pay plan would see some staff take pay cuts

Councillors on Glasgow City Council's city administration committee will this week be asked to approve a new equal pay framework that would boost pay for the majority of council workers - while around 11% would see their wages cut. Under the proposed framework, intended to bring an end to years of disputes over equal pay, 63% of staff would see a financial benefit, while 26% would see little or no change - and those taking pay cuts would have their pay protected for six months before any cuts come into effect. Council leader Cllr Susan Aitken said she is "very conscious that, while this process is the end of a decades-long fight for equality for many of our staff, a smaller number are going to find it difficult", adding that she has "written to the Chief Executive to ask that we explore every possible mitigation, without compromising the integrity of the scheme".

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