Employment Law Explained

Equal Pay

This right exists as between men and women who are entitled to the same contractual benefits to a member of the opposite sex who is undertaking a job that is considered "like work" or "work of equal value".

The former is self explanatory and includes work that is of a broadly similar nature with any differences being of no practical importance.

Such claims must be brought to a Tribunal within six months of the end of employment. The claim can be backdated, for technical reasons, to 1976.

A defence is available to the employer that the differential in benefits is due to a material factor other than sex.