Birmingham City Council boss ‘proud’ of Single Status programme
Mr Albon also blamed the intransigence of trade unions for the delay in implementing the Single Status agreement.
For years the unions were fighting for protected pay and the equal pay scheme could not go through until it was agreed between the two parties.
“The mechanism was there in Single Status,” he said. “You just have to accept that it was our primary choice. It is what we wanted to do, and why we took on so much work, and I feel damn proud of it.”
During her cross-examining Mrs Romney said: “For many years the city of Birmingham accepted the situation to deliver three times as much money to male workers who do the same level jobs as women,”
Claimants are seeking up to £100,000 each in compensation based on bonuses paid to men in traditional male jobs such as refuse collecting and road sweeping.
Mr Albon, who held a deputy chief role at Leicester City Council before moving to Birmingham admitted that in ‘excess of £100million’ has already been spent on bonuses. Last week, Paul Doran, of Stefan Cross Solicitors predicted that it could cost the city council £200 million if the claimants were successful.
