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Next Retail Limited: Employment Tribunal rules on equal pay
The case focused on whether Next could justify the pay disparity between store-based sales consultants (predominantly female) and warehouse operatives (predominantly male). Whilst the 2023 ET Hearing focused on whether the work performed by sale consultants was of equal value to that of the male warehouse operative, the 2024 ET shifted to consider whether Next could provide a justifiable reason for pay disparity between the two roles
Supreme Court’s equal pay comparison decision in the Asda case
With the Asda equal pay case currently being considered by the Employment Tribunal, this is a good point to reflect on the Supreme Court (SC) Judgment of March 2021, which specifically focuses on the equal pay comparator element which was a preliminary issue.