"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:12:53 -0000
"Eskimo Will" wrote:

The offer in no way addresses pay inequalities between sexes

Not quite sure what you mean by this one, Will. The only pay inequality
I noticed when I first started work for the Met Office was that the
take-home pay of a man was lower than that of a woman of equal grade
and service. That was due to only the male workers paying for
widows-and-orphans benefits. However, that went away with pensions
reorganisation years later.

There was an exercise done, in 2011 I think, that looked at pay equality and
there are instances of womens and mens pay in the same grade/same length of
service being different (not necessarily women lower). Reasons for this are
complex and possibly stem in part from pay offered on appointment. Pay
inequality is not really a big issue in the MetO, however, as it is an equal
opportunities employer, but staff were promised over 5 years ago that any
unfair inequalities would be sorted. They haven't been. In fact the pay
system is now effectively broken (due to government imposition) and things
are getting worse not better.

Will
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