Glasgow Metropolis Council has agreed to pause plans to fireplace and rehire greater than 23,000 members of workers.
The choice follows on-line talks between the council and three commerce unions, chaired by Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth.
Negotiations between the council and the GMB, Unison and Unite unions will resume early subsequent week to attempt to attain a brand new deal on pay.
Letters which had been resulting from be despatched to workers informing them of the fireplace and rehire plans is not going to be issued.
The SNP-led council had threatened to sack hundreds of members of workers after which rehire them on new contracts after negotiations with unions over equal pay proposals broke down.
The talks have been in regards to the council’s plans to interchange a pay system discovered to discriminate towards principally girls employees. The adjustments would see nearly all of workers unaffected or higher off, however they might lower pay for 11% of workers.
Gilruth stated the Scottish authorities didn’t help fireplace and rehire schemes and had urged the council and commerce unions to get again across the negotiating desk.
She stated: “Given the importance of this case and the impression on workers, I needed to convey all events collectively to clarify that I count on negotiations between the council and unions to proceed so {that a} collective settlement will be reached and produce an finish to discriminatory pay practices.
“My expectation is that every one events act in keeping with the rules of honest work and proceed to exhaust all avenues for collective settlement.”
On behalf of unions Unite, Unison and GMB, the Scottish Trades Unions Congress stated: “We’re happy on the lifting of the specter of fireplace and rehire and that significant negotiations will happen subsequent week.
“We additionally welcome the Scottish authorities’s clear assertion that the apply of fireplace and rehire’ doesn’t align with the rules and anticipated apply of honest work.”
