What is my claim worth?

Four factors affect the size of your equal pay claim: the job you do, the number of hours you work, your length of service and the size of the pay gap.

A typical pay gap is £3.00 per hour - so if you work 35 hours in a week, your claim would be for: £3.00 x 35 hours = £105.00 x 52 weeks = £5,460 x 6 years (the maximum if you have 6 years service) = £32,760 plus around £4,000 interest

Equals a grand total of approximately £36,760 - that's how much more the male bonus earning jobs have been paid over the past 6 years - compared to the women's jobs!

Your claim can only go back in time for up to a maximum of 6 years - but once registered your claim starts adding time on going forward - so if it takes a year to resolve through the employment tribunals, another year is added on to your claim.

All the hours you work form the basis of your claim - so if you work any overtime or additional hours, these are all taken into account.

Part-time workers have exactly the same claim as full-time staff - just pro rata the calculation and multiply the £3.00 pay gap by the number of hours you work in a year - and again by up to six years service.

The pay gap varies from council to council - depending on the size of the bonus payments paid to traditional male jobs - £3.00 per hour is a typical figure, but the real one may be slightly higher or slightly lower.

So, spread the word - to friends, family and co-workers!