Hello Dingo,
Have you got a link for the Trevor Philips quote?
I found this on the Equality and Human rights commission's website:
"You should check that men and women, white and ethnic minority employees, disabled and non-disabled, of differing age groups and contractual status with comparable lengths of service and doing like work, or in the same grade or band, receive equal average pay. If one of those groups clusters at a particular point compared to other comparable groups you need to investigate why this is.
In Crossley and Others v ACAS 1999 (Birmingham ET 1304744/98) Ms Crossley was paid less than two male comparators. All three were on pay grade eight but as the men had progressed further up the pay scale they earned about £3000 a year more. Ms Crossley had had similar performance appraisal markings to the men in a system where pay progression depended on performance. The men had worked for the organisation longer and so had been rewarded for their longer service.
The tribunal held that Ms Crossley had the necessary experience to justify the same basic salary as the comparators and was equally able to carry out the duties of the grade. The tribunal did not accept that there was any 'objective justification' for the difference.
Seniority or length of service may not be a satisfactory explanation for differences in pay. Length of service is a factor which, as the example shows, may be considered to discriminate unfairly against one sex or the other. You need to consider what you are really rewarding; is it loyalty, experience, performance or competence?"
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/hafa ... ogression/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Elections do not favour anyone and that is why the CWU branches like to nominate only one candidate for elections so that the candidate gets elected unopposed. How do they decide who gets the nomination? Seniority, I bet.
From the CWU LTB 726/11 Postal Services Act – Post Office Limited Separation and Mutualisation:
"In relation to this condition and the possibility of sharing profits among members, the report suggests a ‘give-away’ of profits would be difficult to reconcile with the purpose of the mutual to act in the public benefit and that the decision making process to make a distribution – if this was provided for in the constitution – would need to adequately safeguard the purpose of the mutual. However, it suggests ‘contractual performance-related payments to employees sub-postmasters or multiples’, which are conditional upon the business being profitable, or making customer loyalty payments, would not fall under condition C and would be permissible."
From the BIS consultation document:
"Distributions – there may well be a legitimate public interest in permitting some limited rewards to be paid out of profits to participants in the business.
It will be a matter for the Secretary of State to decide whether this would be compatible
with the commitment to public benefit;
If such distributions are to be permitted:
Parameters will need to be set out in the constitution;
The process for deciding about such distributions will need to be specified;
Such parameters and process will need to properly protect the public benefit."
http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/bu ... office.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Condition C mentioned in the CWU LTB:
"Meaning of “relevant mutual”
(1)In section 4 “relevant mutual” means a body in respect of which the Secretary of State considers that conditions A to C are (and will continue to be) met.
(2)Condition A is that the purpose (or main purpose) for which the body exists is to act for the public benefit by promoting the use by the public of services provided by a Post Office company or at its post offices.
(3)Condition B is that the members of the body are—
(a)persons who have an interest in the use by the public of such services (including employees of the Post Office company and other persons engaged in the provision of its post offices), or
(b)persons who act on behalf of, or represent, persons within paragraph (a).
(4)Condition C is that the body has in place arrangements for the prevention of disposals of property or rights by the Post Office company that would be inconsistent with the purpose (or main purpose) for which the body exists."
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/201 ... /7/enacted" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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