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Was Debated on SkyNewsHD Business hour
[Affected workers could be entitled to as much as six years of back pay, amounting to at least £10,000 each.] [The European Court of Justice has ruled that Tesco does not pay female staff the same amount for equivalent work done by male employees, in a landmark judgment that sides with employees of the UK supermarket giant. Thousands of shop floor staff, most of whom are women, have accused Britain's biggest grocer of paying them up to £3 per hour less than the mostly male warehouse workers, when their work is of equal value. The Tesco Action Group, which first launched legal action in 2018, estimates as many as 25,000 female employees may be owed compensation after being underpaid for at least seven years. [Leigh Day, the law firm representing the Tesco employees, has previously said that affected workers could be entitled to as much as six years of back pay, amounting to at least £10,000 each. It is thought that the case may be one of the last major decisions by the EU in relation to UK employment law before changes brought about by Brexit take hold.] https://news.sky.com/story/top-europ...-case-12323737 Last edited by arista; 03-06-2021 at 09:33 AM. |
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I wonder how they determined women were getting paid less for the exact same role as men...
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The issue has nothing to do with "the exact same" job. There are valid reasons for some jobs to pay more than others - education, qualifications, experience, risk - "men are stronger" is not one of those valid reasons. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 03-06-2021 at 11:39 AM. |
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I guess the people who want to be paid more should ask for warehouse work then. Sitting on a chair and beeping things through a till isn't equal to jumping boxes around or whatever physical work goes on in a warehouse.
ETA: don't get me wrong, **** megacorps like Tesco, and I appreciate the grift of them acting like being a checkout monkey is equivalent to warehouse work.
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Well considering they won the case, nope they don't need to do that
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But really, I bet a lot of people would rather work in the warehouse over sitting behind a till for 8 hours, dealing with customers and just being bored. At least in the ware house you're moving around and not really having to deal with anyone, one is more physically draining the other mentally draining
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after brexit i can't see Tesco taking any notice of a judgement from a court that no longer has jurisdiction
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Tesco and Asda UK
have both stated they will fight this! |
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