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This 8 page paper looks at issues concerning equal pay under English law. The paper considers the case of a woman who is paid less than several men performing the same or similar tasks, including her predecessor, someone working in a different location, someone in the same location but a different office and a former manager who has a salary that is ‘red circled’. The paper demonstrates the application of equal pay legislation and case law and applies it to the case provided by the student. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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File: TS14_TEequalpay.rtf
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there is another sales assistant; Omar, who is paid ?22,000 but no bonus. In Nottingham there is also Paul, who gets ?22,000 and a company car, but no bonus, he
sells computers so small business, so the job is different. There is also Richard, an ex manager whos wage is red circled and has taken a demotion due to ill
health, who earns ?25,000 a year. In each of these cases it appears that Linda has the least advantageous terms and is also a woman, as such there may be
an issue in terms of equal pay. Equal pay for men and women is part of EU and English law. The EU
law that protects these workers and ensures there is equal pay is Article 141 (the old 119) of the Treaty. The first paragraph of this article states "Each member state
shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value is applied" (Lexis, 2002). We can argue that this
is only a part if the entire spirit of the law, with gender equality issues also seen in Article three of the treaty at Article 3 (2) (ex 3 ),
which specifies similar sentiments in a more general statement (Weatherill and Beaumont, 2000). In the case of Defrenne v SABENA case 43/75 [1976] ECR 455 can be used to show
that whatever the nation state legislation, article 141 was applicable to all employees (Weatherill and Beaumont, 2000). The act that Mintons need
to pay attention to is the Equal Pay Act 1970, (EPA) which came into effect in 1975. There are three ways that equal pay should be considered, these are like
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