What do Morrisons, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s have in common? The obvious answer is they are all supermarkets, the employment law answer is they are all facing multi-equal pay claims. In a game of equal pay claim bingo the caller has announced Florist & Nun, Morrisons, you have completed your Big 4 Supermarket Equal Pay […]
Another one of our predictions for 2018 was the prospect of pay reporting being expanded from gender to include race and pay ratios. On 19th July 2018, the Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018 were published following Parliamentary approval. This measure has been touted for some time as a means to get employers to address growing […]
June marked the first time a guard wore a turban at the Trooping The Colour Parade, a landmark moment to show how the military is becoming more cosmopolitan and is not discriminating to alienate potential candidates. In a similar but less inspirational move, the BBC has announced it will end all-white candidate lists for senior […]
The deadline for private sector companies to publish their Gender Pay Gap Reporting Data is 4th April 2018. As it stands only around a third of the eligible companies have uploaded their data to the government portal. However, some companies have already published their data, the latest being Deloitte and Carlsberg. Deloitte revealed a […]
Over the last few years multi-claimant equal pay claims have become more relevant. Asda recently lost a mass equal pay claims where predominantly female store staff were paid less than their predominately male counterparts. Sainsbury’s and Tesco also face similar claims, with the Tesco claim being worth up to £4bn. Moving away from supermarkets – […]
Welcome back to your weekly case law update. Those of you who missed it can still read last month’s newsletter, it was a bumper edition with features on the England Women’s Team, the Google memo, tribunal fees and pay reporting. This week, we have two cases for you. One will be looking at a long-standing equal […]
Whilst on the subject of pay reporting, following the BBC pay data last month, the Equality and Human Rights Commission published their pay data on the beta Government portal and a report on their own website. Whilst the EHRC has less than 250 employees and is not obliged to publish its pay data, the company wants to set an example […]
Hello and welcome back to your weekly dose of case law. Last week we looked at drug testing at work and unfair dismissal, a worthwhile read for any employers who use drug testing. This week we will be looking at sex discrimination and equal pay, an issue that is quite topical following the BBC Gender Pay Figures. BMC Software Ltd v […]
As many of you will be aware the BBC had to publish the salaries of all of its staff (96 members of its ‘talent’ team) earning over £150,000. The publishing of this data has revealed two things: Radio 2 DJs earn a staggering amount in comparison to other ‘talent’ employed by the Beeb – 2.2m […]
After our weather forecast of snow did not come to fruition, we will stick to Employment Law. Here are a few things that will be happening in 2017. Trade Union Bill Whilst no implementation date has been set, the Bill will introduce a number of proposed changes to current strike action: – 50% turnout threshold for […]
The latest timeframe has been announced for gender pay gap reporting. From 6 April 2017, the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations will come into force which will require all private or voluntary sector employers with 250 or more employees to publish gender pay data on their website. Companies of that size who pay […]
Greetings and welcome back to our weekly case law update. Last week’s case was a key judgment for those who regularly engage in without prejudice protected conversations. This week’s case will examine disability discrimination and suitable alternative roles. Under the S6.1 of the Equality Act 2010 a person is disabled if they have a physical […]
One of the major future changes in employment law is Gender Pay Gap Reporting. Despite the Equal Pay Act being passed in 1970 it is estimated that the current gender pay gap between male and female employee is 19.2%. Any company that employs more than 250 people will be required to conduct a gender pay […]
April is the time when most employment law changes are rolled out. We won’t be giving too much away but this years’ changes include: – The Introduction of gender pay gap reporting – The introduction of the living wage – Changes to the minimum wage – Changes to income tax thresholds – The Immigration Bill – Frozen sick and […]
