Gender pay gap data now published Women’s mean hourly rate is 15.5% lower than men’s In other words when comparing mean hourly rates, women earn 84p for every £1 that men earn. Women’s median hourly rate is 19.3% lower than men’s In other words when comparing median hourly rates, women … Continue reading
Author Archives: George MacLeod
Proposed changes to the USS Pension Scheme
Most, if not all staff at the University of Stirling are now in the USS pension scheme, there are currently proposals to change the scheme from a Defined Benefit (DB) scheme to a Defined Contribution system (DC). A DB scheme is predictable as it is based on a calculation related to your earnings. … Continue reading
Supreme Court rules in favour of union in six-year battle over redundancies
The Supreme Court has ruled that the University of Stirling broke the law when it let staff on fixed-term contracts go without consulting unions. See UCU website for further information. See also in the THE and on the BBC web site The judgement means the Stirling staff, and other fixed-term employees, … Continue reading