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  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case of the week: Equal pay after amalgamation of roles

    This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers disparities in pay after the amalgamation of senior and junior roles.

  • Date:
    24 October 2012
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Civil courts retain discretion on striking out equal pay claims time-barred in employment tribunals

    The Supreme Court has held that civil courts should retain their discretion when deciding whether or not to strike out equal pay claims that are time-barred from being heard in the employment tribunal. 

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case of the week: Equal pay

    This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers equal pay.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Chris McAvoy, Sarah Wade, David Rintoul, Helen Corbett and Kristin Aarvik are associate solicitors at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Date:
    28 November 2011
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Female local authority workers employed on "common terms and conditions" with male comparators

    The Court of Session has held that a group of administrative and clerical female workers making equal pay claims against a local authority were on "common terms and conditions" with a group of male manual workers who were based in different locations. 

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Claire Benson is managing associate and Caroline Jacobs and Chris McAvoy are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Claire Benson is managing associate and Caroline Jacobs and Chris McAvoy are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Date:
    19 July 2011
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Equal pay: employer not obliged to close pay gap following TUPE transfer

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employer's compliance with the TUPE legislation to preserve existing contractual terms and conditions that results in a disparity in pay can amount to a genuine material factor that may provide a defence to an equal pay claim. 

  • Date:
    16 May 2011
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Equal pay: "same source" of terms and conditions

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has considered the circumstances in which the terms and conditions of employees derive from the "same source" as their comparators for the purposes of the Equal Pay Act 1970. 

  • Date:
    18 April 2011
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    EAT upholds validity of compromise agreements preventing equal pay claims

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that compromise agreements preventing employees from bringing equal pay claims against a council are valid, even though the employees had been advised by solicitors engaged by the council.