Pay

• Whistleblower loses ‘unfair dismissal’ case against council

  Cheshire East Council has welcomed an employment tribunal decision which found a ‘whistleblower’ was not dismissed unfairly.

  

• Court reverses £400m sleep-in shift ruling

  Council leaders have welcomed the Court of Appeal ruling that social care providers will no longer be required to pay £400m in backpay to carers doing sleep-in shifts.

  

• Council facing £5m equal pay bill

  Fife Council has been warned it could face a £5m bill from a new round of equal pay claims.

  

• Union rejects Scottish councils' pay offer

  Members of the GMB Scotland trade union have rejected the Scottish local government pay offer, potentially sparking industrial action.

  

• Unions submit pay rise claim for youth and community workers

  Unions have submitted a pay claim for youth and community workers they say would narrow a growing gap between falling wages and rising costs caused by austerity.

  

• Council to take pay dispute to Supreme Court

  Nottingham City Council is to take a dispute with its staff over incremental pay rises to the Supreme Court.

  

• Incremental pay rises - an endangered species?

  Mark Whitehead explores why the right to an automatic pay rise is disappearing in local government.

  

• Council's pay freeze is ruled unlawful by Court of Appeal

  Nottingham City Council was wrong to impose a freeze on incremental pay rises, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

  

• Scottish council staff urged to reject ‘unacceptable’ pay offer

  A Scottish trade union has urged its members to reject the offer of a pay increase up to 3%.

  

• More than 2,000 council staff earn over £100,000

  More than 2,300 council employees were paid more than £100,000 in 2016-17, according to the latest ‘town hall rich list’.