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Equal pay

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  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Equal pay

    Updated to include changes to the tribunal rules for dealing with equal value cases.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Equal pay: No justification for differences in basic pay for Next shop staff

    In Thandi and others v Next Retail Ltd and another, an employment tribunal upheld the equal pay claims of retail consultants based in Next stores who undertook work of equal value to the retailer's warehouse operatives, but received less basic pay.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting

    The proposed Equality (Race and Disability) Bill will include provisions to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for employers with 250 or more employees.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Global research study: Pay equity and transparency

    This global research study of 1,000+ senior business and HR leaders and employees identifies five key findings about the state of today's pay equity and transparency and describes how pay equity and transparency is a critical business lever, not an HR to-do. It offers five calls to action for business and HR leaders to execute to advance progress for better business and talent impact.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sex discrimination: Dismissal of part-time working mother was discriminatory and unfair

    In Long v British Gas Trading Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the selection for redundancy of a part-time employee who was the mother of young children was sex discrimination, less favourable treatment because of part-time working and an unfair dismissal.

  • Date:
    8 December 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in 2021. We count down the 10 most important judgments of the year that every employer should know about.

  • Date:
    1 December 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: How to be an equal pay expert in your organisation

    Our panel of equal pay experts give you the knowledge and practical strategies needed to make pay equity a reality within your organisation.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Equal pay: Asda shop workers can compare themselves to depot workers, Supreme Court holds

    In Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley and others, the Supreme Court has confirmed that workers in Asda supermarkets are entitled to compare their pay with the pay of depot workers.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Equal pay: Tribunal rules on BBC presenter's claim

    In Ahmed v BBC, an employment tribunal upheld the presenter's equal pay claim because her work on Newswatch was like her comparator's work on Points of View, and the BBC had not shown that the difference in pay was due to a non-discriminatory material factor.

  • Date:
    7 January 2020
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Equal pay

    Catriona Aldridge, senior associate at law firm CMS, joins us to discuss the legal and practical issues that employers need to think about in relation to equal pay.