Equal pay - issues with job evaluations and work of 'equal value'

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• Incorporated Council of Law Reporting

The claimant was employed by the respondent trust as a social services administrator. From 1 October 2004, a job evaluation study placed the claimant, with a score of 274 points, into the same pay band as four male employees with scores of 296, 298 and 305 points.

After that date, the jobs of the claimant and the male employees were “rated as equivalent” within the meaning of section 1(2)(b) of the Equal Pay Act 1970, and the claimant brought a claim, pursuant to section 1(2)(c)... (263 more words)

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