equal pay

May 13, 2019

Employment Tribunal hears second stage of UK’s largest equal pay claim

Workers employed by Asda will have the second stage of their equal pay claim heard by the Employment Tribunal in Manchester beginning on Monday 13 May 2019.
March 13, 2019

Equality regulator opens investigation into BBC over equal pay

The investigation will determine if there has been unlawful pay discrimination and whether grievances have been adequately resolved.
January 31, 2019

US Congress introduces legislation to prevent sex-based pay discrimination

Members of Congress in the House and Senate have introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that strengthens protections against sex-based pay discrimination and updates the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
December 31, 2018

Women bearing brunt of job losses as age of automation takes hold, warns RSA

Almost 400,000 jobs held by women lost to automation and austerity since 2011, while best paid new jobs are going to men.
December 13, 2018

Brighton Wetherspooons workers receive bumper pay rise folllowing strike

Wetherspoons workers in Brighton pubs are celebrating a pay rise following their first strike in October.
November 12, 2018

Fawcett Society launches equal pay advice service

A culture of pay secrecy persists in UK workplaces according to new research from leading campaigning charity The Fawcett Society. They claim this allows pay discrimination to thrive.
September 13, 2018

Morrisons facing equal pay claim worth over £1 billion

Law firm confirms it is now bringing Equal Pay claims against all of the ‘big four’ supermarkets after launching a claim against Morrisons.
August 15, 2018

Fawcett Society supports co-op executive over equal pay claim

A former executive at the Co-operative Group has claimed she was sacked after raising an equal pay claim and warning that the company could be paying men and women differently for the same roles.
February 2, 2018

Fawcett Society comments on BBC review of gender bias

The Fawcett Society has responded to a BBC review which concluded that there is no evidence of unlawful gender bias regarding pay decisions at the corporation.
January 10, 2018

Voluntary organisations 'should consider publishing gender pay gap data regardless of size'

Voluntary organisations should consider publishing information about the differences in pay between men and women even if they have fewer than 250 employees, an umbrella body has recommended.