Small firms warned about risk of equal pay claims

 

An employment lawyer is urging the UK's four million small business owners to ensure their salary systems are fair, following a glut of equal pay claims in the public sector.

 

Martin Edwards, Head of Employment Law at North West law firm Mace & Jones, says he fears the raft of high profile equal pay disputes in councils and hospitals could trigger similar equal pay claims against small firms.

 

Mr Edwards said public sector organisations had already been force... (186 more words)

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