unequal pay

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Normally increased remuneration in this case would be covered seperately by a London weighting which gives some form of transparency by seperating it from the pay structure. Get hold of the employers recruitment policy and check what it has to say on the matter.

Bradden

arctic_ghost said:

Normally increased remuneration in this case would be covered seperately by a London weighting which gives some form of transparency by seperating it from the pay structure. Get hold of the employers recruitment policy and check what it has to say on the matter.

Does it really matter if it's transparent? Companies can pay what they want as long as they aren't discriminating  .. which in this case they aren't.

Grumpy_chap

arctic_ghost said:

Normally increased remuneration in this case would be covered seperately by a London weighting 

I think those days are largely gone - other than public sector, the concept of "London Weighting" does not really exist in the same kind of manner as it once did.  That does not mean that the roles based in London do not still benefit from an uplift in rates, just that it is not so structed in that way.

74jax

northernstar007 said:

so if i was a female i would have a claim but being a male i dont (should work both ways) and the co is infact on the outskirt of london, and i`m up north of england

Is the position advertised as females only to apply? Is it in the personal care sector? 

Sandtree

arctic_ghost said:

Normally increased remuneration in this case would be covered seperately by a London weighting which gives some form of transparency by seperating it from the pay structure. Get hold of the employers recruitment policy and check what it has to say on the matter.

Separating it out also potentially gave a way of saying it doesnt count for calculation of bonuses, pension contributions etc


London weightings were always well under giving anything close to equal pay, the OP should move down and see how much worse off they are on with the higher salary. We initially compromised when we relocated to London and doubled my commute and close to tripled our rent. Had we wanted to maintain the same 20 minute commute then would have been well over quadrupling our rent (and in both cases having a smaller flat than we had before)... London weighting gross wouldnt have covered the rent increase let alone net and thats before you consider price differences for eating/drinking out etc.

motorguy

northernstar007 said:

thanks for your reply tacpot, i was in a similar situation in my last job, and a job evaluation was put in place, can this not be put to my employer, i know what your saying about london being higher paid, but being on 21k to someone on 27 doing the same job is ott at my expense

You should be counting yourself very lucky you dont have to try to live in London for a mere £6K more than you're on now.

Get used to unequal pay in your career by the way.  You could be on a particular wage and the person sitting next to you be doing the same job for £10K more, or vice versa. 

Marcon

northernstar007 said:

so if i was a female i would have a claim but being a male i dont (should work both ways) and the co is infact on the outskirt of london, and i`m up north of england

You wouldn't have a claim either way. Companies can pay what they like, to whom they like, provided any differences are not down to unlawful discrimination, which isn't the case here.