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There's bad policy in other areas. Councils are going bankrupt due to court cases and equity laws that say any gender pay gap is the result of discrimination. T
by mike_hearn 2y ago
There's bad policy in other areas. Councils are going bankrupt due to court cases and equity laws that say any gender pay gap is the result of discrimination. Therefore they were found guilty because they are paying e.g. bin men or sewage workers more than mostly female jobs like nurses and librarians. They obviously have to do this because those jobs are dangerous and unpleasant so if you paid the same as other jobs nobody would want to do them. But the courts disagreed and now the councils have to pay huge sums out in equal pay lawsuits that they can't afford.
All this is a direct result of bad, ideological law making combined with a biased judiciary that interprets it in bad, ideological ways. Unfortunately it's the ideology Labour is in thrall too and they're in power for several years at minimum and maybe much longer if the right stays split, so the state of Britain's infrastructure will continue to sharply decline.
- pseudalopex 2y ago> Councils are going bankrupt due to court cases and equity laws that say any gender pay gap is the result of discrimination. Where can I read about this?
- mike_hearn 2y agoThis summary is OK: https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_d7ff3a8f-9cf7-4ff3-837a-0bbb71aee66e https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_d7ff3a8f-9cf7-4ff3-837a-0bbb... Although Grok thinks the problem lies in "deep rooted inequalities", whereas I'd say it's pretty normal for jobs like bin men to be paid more than cleaners. It's one of the most dangerous jobs you can do, due to the frequency with which they get hit by cars.
- pseudalopex 2y agoGrok does not think. The summary did not support your claim court cases and equity laws said any gender pay gap was the result of discrimination. It said the plaintiffs argued successfully they were paid less for work of equal value. It was not clear cleaning and refuse collection were determined equal value. The summary mentioned also contract clauses. It sounds like the real issue is you disagree with the value of work calculated for some jobs.
- gruez 2y agohttps://www.economist.com/britain/2025/02/06/british-equal-value-lawsuits-have-become-an-absurd-denial-of-markets https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/02/06/british-equal-v... paywall bypass: https://archive.is/MLC49 https://archive.is/MLC49 It only mentions councils in passing and doesn't cover them going bankrupt over it, but it covers the issue at hand, which affects the private sector as well.
- pseudalopex 2y agoThe claim was court cases and equity laws say any gender pay gap is the result of discrimination. Including different pay for different jobs. The article highlighted detailed consideration of value of work. The article did not support the claim. But it was informative. Thank you.