Woman Janitor's Equal-Pay Win Puts Local Authorities On Notice

The ScotsmanJuly 28, 2004

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A FEMALE janitor has won a ground-breaking sex-discrimination battle that will force every local authority in Scotland to reconsider the issue of equal pay.

Evelyn Imrie took legal action against City of Edinburgh Council after claiming that she was being paid less than her male counterparts for doing the same job.

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Woman Janitor's Equal-Pay Win Puts Local Authorities On Notice

Employed as a part-time "cleaner-in-charge" at Calderglen Nursery School, she received a lower hourly rate than the men, less overtime, and was denied rent allowance, telephone payments and money to buy her uniform.

Speaking from her home in Edinburgh, she said she fel...

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