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Equal pay

Equal pay laws are contained in the Equality Act 2010. Women have the right to be paid the same as a male comparator where they do like work, work rated as equivalent, or work of equal value.

For an employer to defend an equal pay claim, it must demonstrate that any differential in pay is due to a “material factor”, and that the factor is not due to a difference in sex. Examples of material factor defences include length of service, skills and qualifications, performance and levels of responsibility.

Pay secrecy clauses in an employee’s contract of employment are unenforceable where the employee is involved in a relevant pay discussion.


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    Twice as many men as women hold company share options

    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2022

    Share option gulf underlines failure of gender pay gap to close in UK.

    • Gender
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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Ban salary history questions: Andrew Bazeley talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 18 Mar 2022
    by Chris Taylor 18 Mar 2022

    The Fawcett Society's Andrew Bazeley talks to Chris Taylor about why salary history questions should be banned in the recruitment process

    • Indirect discrimination
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    • Ethnicity

    Ethnicity pay gap reporting will not be mandatory

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Mar 2022

    The government says it will ‘help’ organisations tackle the ethnicity pay gap but will not make it mandatory.

    • Gender pay gap
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    • Sex discrimination

    Most women in UK say their employer is ‘behind’ on equality

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Mar 2022

    A significant proportion of women surveyed did not believe their employer did not know where to start to address issues of equal pay.

    • Gender pay gap
    • Gender
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    IWD: We need to address bias, not women’s choices

    by Sarah Jackson 8 Mar 2022
    by Sarah Jackson 8 Mar 2022

    Organisations need to challenge assumptions that women make choices that hinder their careers, and focus on systemic bias instead.

    • Gender pay gap
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    • Executive pay

    Huge pay gap for female FTSE 350 financial services directors

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Feb 2022

    Average pay for female directors stands at £235,000 compared with £689,000 for men, a new analysis has shown.

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    Equal pay: Co-op retail and warehouse roles are comparable

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2022

    Co-op has conceded that shop floor staff in its supermarkets can be compared to distribution centre employees for the purposes...

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    BNP Paribas to pay £2.1m to banker who had witch’s hat left on her desk

    by Rob Moss 31 Jan 2022
    by Rob Moss 31 Jan 2022

    A woman who won a sex discrimination and equal pay case against BNP Paribas has been awarded more than £2...

    • Gender pay gap
    • Gender
    • Ethnicity

    Campaigners reveal ‘glacial’ pace of change in women’s status

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2022

    The Fawcett Society’s 2022 Sex and Power Index shows that women are outnumbered by men 2:1 in positions of power.

    • Gender pay gap
    • Indirect discrimination
    • Retail

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2021
    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in...

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    How to be an equal pay expert for your organisation (webinar)

    by XpertHR 19 Nov 2021
    by XpertHR 19 Nov 2021

    As we approach the end of the year, your organisation will be fine-tuning its business objectives for 2022. Increasingly, we...

    • Retail
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    • Sex discrimination

    Morrisons equal pay claim can proceed, tribunal rules

    by Jo Faragher 29 Sep 2021
    by Jo Faragher 29 Sep 2021

    A tribunal has confirmed that Morrisons staff can continue with a £100 million equal pay claim.

    • Enhanced pay
    • Retail
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    Employee anger at John Lewis over payments to managers

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Sep 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Sep 2021

    The John Lewis Partnership has paid bonuses to senior managers despite not paying its partnership bonus for the first time in nearly 70 years.

    • Gender pay gap
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    CMI urges action on gender pay gap as deadline looms

    by Jo Faragher 13 Sep 2021
    by Jo Faragher 13 Sep 2021

    Action on the gender pay gap is “more urgent than ever”, according to the Chartered Management Institute.
    The CMI has...

    • Retail
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    • Equal pay

    Equal pay: Sainsbury’s concedes shop floor and distribution centre roles can be compared

    by Rob Moss 1 Sep 2021
    by Rob Moss 1 Sep 2021

    Sainsbury’s has acknowledged that its shop floor employees can be compared to their colleagues in distribution centres, as supermarket sector’s...

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