The move by Birmingham City Council comes as the authority struggles with its equal pay claims bill.
All staff at Birmingham City Council have been sent details of the authority's Mutually Agreed Resignation SchemeCity council staff in Birmingham are being asked if they want to leave as the authority struggles with a huge bill for equal pay claims.after admitting that settling outstanding claims could cost £760m.Information was sent to all its more than 10,000 employees, a spokesperson added.
A MARS scheme typically sees an employee, in agreement with their employer, choosing to leave their role in return for a severance payment.The number of staff employed by the council was 10,341 in 2021-22,Council leader John Cotton said the scale of the problem emerged after a review of financesThat was despite paying out about £1.1bn in claims since a landmark court case in 2012.
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