Written by experts in the field, this practical guide should prove useful reading for anyone with an interest in equal pay. It provides a broad overview of the complexities of equal pay law, illustrating how to determine the extent of equal pay problems through an equal pay audit. It also contains guidance to ensure that pay and reward systems remain within the law. Fully up-to-date, the book covers all significant equal pay developments and includes analysis of: the revised version of the EOC Code of Practice on Equal Pay, including the Equal Pay Review Model; Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000; Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002; and recent amendments to the Equal Pay Act.
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"We would highly recommend it to anyone asked to advise on equal pay issues, it is an excellent supplement to the EOC guidelines. Practitioners should not proceed with a case without it." New Law Journal
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Sara Leslie has been awarded the Wainwright Trust Breakthrough Award for her contribution to equal opportunities in the workplace. Sue Hastings has been awarded the Wainwright Trust's Millennium Award for her work on equal pay.
Foreword; The origins and causes of the gender pay gap; Pay systems and
discrimination in the UK; Job evaluation; The equal pay principle and what it
means in practice; Equal pay reviews; The legal framework; What is pay?;
Claimants and comparators; Like work; Work rated as equivalent; Equal value;
The employer's defence; Is there evidence of sex discrimination?; Claims
under other provisions; Procedures; Remedies; Appendices: Sections of the
Equal Pay Act 1970; Treaty of Rome - Article 141; Council Directive
75/117/EEC; The EOC Equal Pay Review Model; Useful addresses; Useful
resources.
Sara Leslie is a solicitor working exclusively in the field of equal pay and discrimination. She has conducted several high profile equal pay multi-party actions and won the Wainwright Trust Breakthrough Award for her contribution to equal opportunities in the workplace. She trains extensively on the subject and is a part-time employment tribunal chairman. Sue Hastings is a freelance consultant on pay and employment issues and one of the country's leading experts on equal pay. She won the Wainwight Trust's Millenium Award for her work on equal pay and was a member of the team which developed the EOC Equal Pay Review Toolkit. Jo Morris is a senior party officer for the TUC specialising in equal rights. She was a member of the European Commission Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities from 1994-2000 and a member of the EU team that negotiated the Part-Time Work Directive. She also was a part of the DTI social partner group considering implementation of the Directive at the UK domestic level.
