Unlocking Employment Law

10Protection from discrimination (1) equal pay

Aims and Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

• ■ Understand how the concept of equal pay for men and women doing the same or equal work originated
• ■ Understand how the equality clause in the Equality Act 2010 works
• ■ Understand who will be a comparator
• ■ Understand the concepts of like work, work rated equivalent and work of equal value
• ■ Understand the circumstances in which pay differentials between men and women can be justified and the concept of material factor defence
• ■ Understand how equal pay claims are brought and the available remedies
• ■ Understand the significance of Article 157 TFEU
• ■ Understand the definition of pay in the Article
• ■ Understand the concept of objective ...