The European Union’s pay transparency directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970) introduced the principle of “equal pay for equal work or work of equal value,” aiming to eliminate pay discrimination under the obligation that job...more
More than 3,500 workers have won a legal fight for equal pay against major UK retailer Next Retail Ltd. Following a six-year legal battle, the Employment Tribunal ruled that Next had failed to demonstrate that the lower basic...more
9/19/2024
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equal Pay ,
Equality Act ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Minimum Wage ,
Pay Transparency ,
Retailers ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has held in Asda Stores Ltd v. Brierley and others that Asda supermarket retail employees can appoint Asda depot workers as their comparators in an equal pay claim despite their working...more
In May 2020, the United Kingdom welcomed the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act 1970, which was enacted to ensure the equal treatment of men and women in terms of pay and the conditions of employment. However, in recent...more
The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has launched a series of measures to tackle barriers facing ethnic minorities in the workplace. Part of its strategy is the introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay reporting....more
10/17/2018
/ Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Ethnicity ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Minorities ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour