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Next has won a "landmark" legal victory in its long-running equal pay case after the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) said it was "not necessary" for it to justify not increasing mostly female retail workers' pay to the same level as warehouse workers who are predominantly men. The appeal judgment backed Next's position that it should not have to pay shop assistants and warehouse operatives the same amount of basic pay, where market and working conditions are very different.
The government has launched a 15-week consultation to gather views on its next steps around equal pay reform. In particular, the Office for Equality and Opportunity (OEO) has said it is seeking views on the Government's approach to make the right to equal pay more effective for ethnic minority and disabled people.
Lawyers representing Tesco workers have welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling on how tribunals should assess the value of the roles carried out by Tesco shop workers in the long-running equal pay litigation.
Asda workers fighting for equal pay have advanced to the final stage in their legal battle, as the employment tribunal ruled some of their jobs are of equal value to the jobs of their colleagues in Asda's distribution centres.??
News: HR and legal information and guidance relating to equal pay.