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Council workers win right to bring equal pay claims
In what has been hailed as a “landmark decision”, the Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling allowing equal pay claims to be heard in the High Court as well as at an Employment Tribunal. The decision means this will be the first time this has been made possible since the Equal Pay Act was introduced in 1970. It is significant because cases must normally be heard within six months at Employment Tribunal, b...
Case | 1 Dec 2011
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Government may consider 'radical' options on equal pay
A leaked Government memo, published in full by the Guardian, has revealed that the Government may consider an information-sharing website on equal pay. According to the Guardian, the document, marked “restricted – policy”, was written by Number 10 officials and circulated to Government departments this week. The document states: “We know from a range of polls that women are significantly more negative about the Government than m...
News | 14 Sep 2011
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London nurse wins ‘landmark’ equal pay case
London nurse, Gloria Emmanuel, has won what has been called a 'landmark equal pay claim' after it was found that her employer, City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust, failed to justify her pay being lower than her male comparator’s, a maintenance supervisor. This was a first test case in the equal pay claims against NHS Trusts of whether employers can justify paying wom...
Case | 4 Aug 2011
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Equal pay for the modern workplace
In May 2011, the Coalition Government commenced a Consultation on Modern Workplaces, looking at proposals to change current UK employment law with a view to encourage a more fair and flexible approach to work. Among the issues being considered is that of equal pay between men and women in the workplace. In this briefing, Nicola Powell, Solicitor at IBB Solicitors, explores the reactions so far. To download this analysis click here.
News analysis | 13 Jun 2011
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Council loses equal pay appeal
... Tribunal after the original Tribunal ruled it discriminated against female workers. However, the appeal was now been rejected. It is thought that the ruling could cost the Council millions. Dave Prentis, Unison General Secretary, said: “Thousands of women are now one step closer to getting the equal pay compensation they deserve. It really is time for Birmingham City Council to drop the expensive legal challenges and settle these claims. Given the huge cuts hitting Birmingham, it is a disgrace that the council is frittering money away on these petty challenges. What’s more, these low paid women ...
Case | 10 May 2011
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Council’s equal pay appeal rejected
... Stott, UNISON Regional Manager, said:“We are satisfied this judgment now paves the way for the Council to pay all those affected staff the money they are legally entitled to. We will now be pushing the Council to apply for capitalisation funds, which will allow them to spread the cost of the equal pay settlements over a longer period. Better managed councils resolved most of their past equal pay problems long before the present crisis.”A council spokesman said: "We have received the judgment from the Employment Appeals Tribunal which could have major ramifications, not least for the tax...
Case | 1 Feb 2011
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Old equal pay claims can be brought, High Court rules
Employers could now be faced with old equal pay claims, it has been warned, following a High Court decision that employees can bring a claim within six years from the date of the breach. It is not believed that an equal pay claim has been brought in the High Court before. Traditionally employees have pursued equal pay claims through an employ...
Case | 4 Jan 2011
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Lack of equal pay means women work free from today
Today has been labelled Equal Pay Day 2010 by the Fawcett Society, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Unison and the TUC. It marks the day of the year when these organisations say that women in effect stop getting paid because of the pay gap between women and men of 16.4%. Forty years after the Equal Pay Act, the...
News | 2 Nov 2010
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Councils to raise £250m to settle equal pay commitments
... are getting the green light to tackle historic pay inequalities, Local Government Minister, Bob Neill, has announced. Thousands of historically underpaid workers are set to benefit as 21 councils get the go-ahead to borrow against or sell assets up to £250m this financial year to settle their equal pay commitments. This aims to give councils the financial flexibility to manage one-off costs of equal pay compensation without affecting frontline services or Council Tax. Thousands of local government employees – mostly women on low pay – are legally entitled to backdated pay following ye...
News | 29 Oct 2010
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Private sector equal pay claims predicted to rise
A lawyer has predicted that equal pay claims are set to rise in the private sector, following a new survey from law firm Pannone in which 84% said that unequal pay was a problem in the private sector, with around a quarter of those citing it as ‘endemic’. Of those surveyed, 58% had come across real-life situations of pay inequalit...
News | 15 Oct 2010
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Equal pay 57 years away, says research
...hs, compared to 2.3% for men. However, with the average UK salary for a male manager currently £10,071 more than that of a female manager, women could face a 57-year wait before their take-home pay is equal to that of their male colleagues. Although this year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1970 Equal Pay Act, data collected from 43,312 individuals in 197 organisations reveals that male pay outstrips female pay by as much as 24% at senior level. Even at junior level the gap still persists with male junior executives receiving £1,065 more than female executives. Across the regions, women in the Mid...
News | 19 Aug 2010
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Council ruled as a “single establishment” for equal pay purposes
A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has adopted a broad interpretation of the meaning of the 'same establishment', for the purposes of an equal pay claim brought by a group of female employees seeking equal pay to their male counterparts. The Equal Pay Act 1970 implies an equality clause into any employment contract so that female staff can benefit from equivalent contractual terms and conditions as their male counterparts (doing the same or...
Case | 21 Jun 2010
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Skills Development Scotland workers win equal pay case
Two female Skills Development Scotland (SDS) employees have won their equal pay Employment Tribunal case. Mairi Buchanan and Pat Holland, both employed at Skills Development Scotland as Customer Services Managers, have been paid approximately £10,000 a year less than their male colleague, also a Customer Services Manager, for 8 years. Mairi Buchanan and Pat Holland have wor...
Case | 16 Jun 2010
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Equal pay and the Genuine Material Factor defence – the Birmingham City Council case
© Workplace Law Group 2010 All rights reserved Equal pay and the Genuine Material Factor defence Equal pay and the Genuine Material Factor defence The recently decided, and much publicised decision in the multiple equal pay claims litigation against Birmingham City Council is just part of the wider equal pay litigation currently taking place against loc...
News analysis | 11 May 2010
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Equal pay case wins “millions” for Birmingham Council workers
Up to 5,000 female workers have won their claims for equal pay against Birmingham City Council. Their claim was based on bonus payments which allowed male employees to earn in excess of £50,000 per year. The Tribunal will now go on to assess the level of award to the women which unions GMB and Unison, who supported the claim, estimate to be wo...
Case | 28 Apr 2010
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Equal pay decision could pave way for thousands of claims
.... “The women involved in this case have already been forced to jump through a number of legal hurdles to get the fair pay they deserve. Unison is calling on Sheffield City Council not to drag the process out even further by lodging another appeal. It is the year 2010, more than 40 years after the Equal Pay Act, and it is time that the council faced up to its responsibilities to pay its women workers fairly.“This ruling will give other women, taking similar claims against councils across the country, hope that they too can get the fair pay and equal treatment they deserve.” Sheffield City Council...
Case | 11 Feb 2010
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Equal pay, not unequal pay, makes workers resentful
The average worker is more likely to resent his colleague if both are earning the same wage, economists have suggested. Conventional wisdom suggests jealousy and friction in the workplace develop when one employee is paid more than another. However, a new study has suggested that equal pay actually causes more problems – because it infuriates the hardest-working members of staff. They feel so aggrieved that colleagues who put in less effort are getting the same amount that they eventually slack off themselves, say the researchers. The study also suggests that the situation can ...
News | 23 Dec 2009
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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...
News | 24 Nov 2009
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Equal Pay Day: But gender pay gap still over 50%
... with 250 or more workers to disclose average pay for male and female staff. Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, commented: “To speed up this glacial progress towards fairness for women, the Government must toughen up the Equality Bill. The Bill is a once in a generation chance to make equal pay a reality for women, so it is vital that we get it right.“Some women have to wait years, and some even die, in the time it takes to get justice from their employers on their pay, because they have to take action individually. Speeding up the employment tribunal process by allowing women to ta...
News | 30 Oct 2009
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Councils accused of spending millions on equal pay cases
Local Authorities have been accused of spending millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on fighting equal pay claims. Unison, a union which represents many council workers, obtained the information about 50 UK councils under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Unison found that more than £11.5m has been spent on equal pay cases since 2003 – a figure the union believes is “the tip of the iceberg...
News | 13 Oct 2009
