Sex discrimination law review final report
2018 is a momentous year, in that it marks 100 years since British women were given the right to vote. […]
Equal Pay
IFS report: Part-time work is playing a major role in the gender pay gap
The latest report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has highlighted the prevalence of part-time working among women, and particularly mothers, as contributing significantly to the gender pay gap, which although down from 30 per cent from the early 90s still stands at around 20 per cent.
London's gender pay gap worst in the UK
The Office for National Statistics published data this week that shows London as a region has the widest gender pay gap in the UK. Currently, women working full-time in London earn 14.6 per cent less than their male colleagues. In the past twenty years the gap has narrowed only slightly from 15.1 per cent. In contrast, during this same period the pay gap in Wales and Scotland has gone from 17.5 per cent and 18.4 per cent to 6.3 per cent and 6.6. per cent respectively.
Publication of gender pay details
To date most companies have been slow to release details of their gender pay gap with only 176 companies publishing […]
EAT finds that Asda retail store workers are comparable to higher paid distribution workers
The EAT upheld the previous Tribunal ruling that female employees who work in Asda's retail stores are entitled to compare their work to that of the higher paid male employees that work in its distribution centres. The EAT agreed that the value of work between these two groups of staff is of equal value and, therefore, that their pay should be comparable.
Can employees doing different work bring their equal pay claims on the same claim form?
In the recent decision of Farmah & ors v. Birmingham City Council & ors, the EAT held that claimants could […]
The irregular thing about the Gender Pay Regulations…
As reported in our article “It’s all change in employment law in April…”, private employers with 250 employees or more […]
Insight: UK Employment Law Round-up – November 2016
In this issue we look at a recent Court of Appeal decision focusing on sexual orientation protection following a refusal […]
Women now "working for free" until the new year
Gender inequality has been at the heart of the government’s agenda for 2016. However, despite the excitement of Christmas beginning […]
Insight: UK Employment Law Round-up – July 2016
In this issue, we look at whether Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is actually likely to have a […]
Insight: UK Employment Law Round-up – February 2016
In this edition we will be taking a look at some employment issues which have been making headlines and at […]