Men Claiming Equal Pay
by Liam
This case at the EAT has decided that men can claim equal pay against women who were paid the same as them, but who have won an equal pay complaint against male comparators in another department.
This works as follows:
Department A employs men performing work of equal value to that of men and women in Department B.
The women in Department B can present an equal pay complaint using the men in Department A as comparators.
The men in Department B can not present an equal pay complaint using the men in Department A as comparators because a comparator has to be of the opposite gender.
However, once the women in Department B have won their equal pay complaint, the men in Department B are left being paid less than the women in Department B and therefore can claim equal pay with the women in department B.
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