An 'abusive' man has been jailed for eight years after being convicted of sexual and domestic offences against three victims.
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Three women owed thousands of pounds in equal pay are taking Scotland’s largest council to tribunal after being abandoned by their lawyers and unions.
Lorraine Donnachie, Audrey Masson and Helen Mitchell are among thousands of female workers to whom Glasgow City Council agreed to pay £548million in compensation following a long-running dispute.
But they claim the council, unions and lawyers have not been transparent over how the settlements were calculated and have refused to explain why a portion of every claim was handed to a law firm, even when it hadn’t represented them.
Many women accepted their settlement offers after unions and claims firm Action4Equality recommended they do so. It later emerged almost 7 per cent of every claim was taken in legal fees, despite union members being entitled to free representation.
Lorraine, 61, has rejected settlement offers for £5000 and even £40,000 because the council, lawyers and her union GMB will not explain how the payouts are calculated.
The mum-of-two, an assistant home care manager, is now taking her case to tribunal in a bid to gain answers.
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