United Kingdom - Tribunal ruling backs union’s equal pay claim - August 17, 2010

Healthcare assistants, domestic supervisors and reception staff, overwhelmingly women, working at a National Health Service Trust (St Helen’s and Knowsley), have won an Employment Appeal Tribunal case on equal pay. The case, backed by UNISON, argued that the women were paid lower rates for unsocial hours working on Saturdays and Sundays when compared to men in comparable jobs. The ruling could be important for women working in other NHS Trusts where there are gender differences in unsocial hours payments.

English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/375

http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=1939

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