Tag: equal pay

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04 July 2012

UK: Employment law reform - equal pay audits

The government has announced that it is going ahead with its earlier proposal to give employment tribunals power to order pay audits where an employer is …

06 January 2012

UK: Inequality in discretionary benefits - Employers may benefit from uncertainty over division between sex discrimination and equal pay claims

Equal pay claims can only be brought where there is a contractual term which is modified or included as a result of the equality clause which statute …

05 December 2011

UK: Employment law reforms - April 2012 government plans confirmed, new proposals and calls for evidence

The last month has seen a raft of government proposals for changes to employment laws.  Details were included in a speech made by the Business …

05 December 2011

UK: Equal pay - out of time tribunal claims can proceed in the High Court

A Court of Appeal ruling means that employers may face equal pay claims brought in the High Court as a breach of contract claim even though a tribunal …

10 October 2011

UK: Equal pay - voluntary initiative launched

The Government Equalities Office has published a reporting framework to encourage employers voluntarily to identify barriers to equality of pay, take …

05 August 2011

UK: Equal pay - employers may not need to freeze comparator's pay to remove TUPE-related pay disparity

Where a pay disparity arises on a TUPE transfer (eg, due to higher transferor pay levels), this may provide the transferee employer with a "material …

11 July 2011

UK: Government plans for employment law changes

BIS is consulting until 8 August 2011 on the following proposals: changing the leave available to parents from no earlier than April 2015.  …