Pay

• Teaching union rejects pay offer from councils

  The 9% pay increase offered to teachers in Scotland has been rejected by members of trade union EIS.

  

• Carers win right to appeal in £400m sleep-in shift battle

  The Supreme Court has granted carers the right to appeal in the ongoing sleep-in shift legal battle with a the mental health charity Mencap.

  

• ‘Tougher penalties’ needed to protect small businesses against late payment

  Small businesses have called for ‘tougher penalties’ for large companies that pay their suppliers late to protect them from another Carillion-style collapse.

  

• Top 100: Our most popular local government stories of 2018

  From council pay rises to troubled outsourcing firms, here is our countdown of the 100 most popular stories on LocalGov during 2018.

  

• Council pay offer rejected as union moves towards strike action

  The 3% pay offer for council workers in Scotland has been rejected by members of Unison Scotland.

  

• Glasgow - peace on the horizon?

  Mark Whitehead explores the complexities of an equal pay dispute that led to thousands of women striking last month in Glasgow.

  

• Greenwich council staff receive payouts after holiday pay ‘miscalculation’

  Around 5,000 women in schools and nurseries across Greenwich have received payouts from the council following a five year legal battle over holiday pay.

  

• Glasgow and unions agree meetings to resolve dispute

  Talks following the two-day strike by more than 8,000 women in Glasgow this week were described as positive and constructive by both sides.

  

• Council workers borrowing money to cope with low pay

  Council staff are being forced to rely on credit cards, pawn possessions and borrow money from friends and family due to low pay, a new survey has revealed.

  

• Glasgow CC offers ‘olive branch’ in equal pay row

  Talks were taking place today in a bid to settle the equal pay row that led to a two-day strike by more than 8,000 women in Glasgow this week.