The Equal Pay Act 1970 outlaws discrimination in the contractual terms on which men and women are employed. However, at Jaluch we see very few claims for equal pay being brought by employees and some have suggested that the complexity of establishing a case for equal pay plus also the often significantly low compensation levels put many employees off from pursuing a claim. It was established in 2005 that compensation in equal pay claims is restricted to the loss incurred and that no payment e.g. for injury to feelings should be awarded.
Despite the small number of claims being made, do not take this legislation lightly as there have been some very substantial claims brought for example by Public Sector workers such as hospital auxiliary staff, nursery nurses and school dinner ladies to name a few. Significantly, all these cases have been championed by a union and cases have usually been pursued on behalf of several hundred of Claimants at one time.
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