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.

By UK People Reward and Mobility Team

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 […]

By Laura Anthony

Equal Pay

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.

By Helena Rozman

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 […]

By Helena Rozman

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 […]

By Helena Rozman

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 […]

By Sarah Beeby

Equal Pay

Equal Pay