Equal pay claims
Case reference FOI2023/02067
Published 8 January 2024
Request
This is a request for information according to the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please note there are three parts to my request.
1. How many equal pay claims have been made against your council in the time period between 31 December 2018 and 29 December 2023.
2. Please share the cost of claims closed/settled with compensation paid for successful claims in the last five years (31 December 2018 and 29 December 2023) in relation to equal pay claims. Please include the following information in the table: Compensation paid Defence costs paid Claimant Costs Paid Total Paid
3. What is your council's current estimated equal pay liability?
Response
1.
How many equal pay claims have been made against your council in the time period between 31 December 2018 and 29 December 2023.
A: Zero. Please note, equal pay claims is taken to mean claims raised through litigation.
2.
Please share the cost of claims closed/settled with compensation paid for successful claims in the last five years (31 December 2018 and 29 December 2023) in relation to equal pay claims. Please include the following information in the table:
Compensation paid
Defence costs paid
Claimant Costs Paid
Total Paid
A: Zero. Please note, equal pay claims is taken to mean claims raised through litigation.
3.
What is your council's current estimated equal pay liability?
A: The council holds no records on this.
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