PRP scheme lacked transparency

An assessment process for performance-related pay purposes, which led to a woman being paid £780 a year less than men on like work, suffered from confusion, double counting and an absence of transparency, rules a Norwich industrial tribunal (Chair: D R Crome) in Latham v Eastern Counties Newspapers Ltd. On the balance of probabilities, it was not satisfied that a difference of sex was not the reason for the difference in pay.