Category Archives: Equal pay

Forstater v CGD Europe – what the Tribunal actually found

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Darren Newman

Debating transgender issues can be really difficult. It is one of those areas where you cannot really articulate a position without using vocabulary that at least some people will find objectionable. Writing about it feels like treading through a minefield … Continue reading →

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Workers’ Rights and the EU

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Darren Newman

The annoying thing about the debate that has blown up over the weekend about workers’ rights post Brexit is that it rarely gets down to specifics. Take the Financial Times story on Friday. It referred to the possibility of divergence … Continue reading →

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Iceland, equal pay and enforcing the gender pay gap regulations

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Darren Newman

So the internet informs me that Iceland has become the first country in the world to make it illegal to pay men more than women. Iceland has not, of course, passed a law saying that it is illegal for an … Continue reading →

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Can you afford to ignore the Gender Pay Gap Regulations?

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Darren Newman

Actually, I think you can. Probably. I mean what’s  the worst that can happen? While other large employers publish their gender pay gap information you simply sit back and say. “Not for us, thanks, we’re fine.” Of course many people … Continue reading →

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Why we should scrap the Equal Pay Act

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Darren Newman

First of all, apologies for the clickbait title – couldn’t resist it. Also to anyone thinking “Surely the Equal Pay Act was repealed by the Equality Act and replaced by provisions dealing with ‘Equality of Terms’?” you are of course quite … Continue reading →

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