NEXT PLC

Andrew Short KC and Gus Baker successful in landmark equal pay group claim against Next

The Employment Tribunal has handed down judgment in Thandi and Others v Next PLC. Andrew Short KC and Gus Baker represented the successful claimants. Following a three-week hearing in May 2024, the Employment Tribunal rejected the Respondents’ argument that paying comparators who worked in majority male warehouses a better hourly rate and better allowances than individuals who worked in retail (who are overwhelmingly female) due to market forces was a proportionate means of meeting a legitimate aim. The judgment means that the equal terms clauses implied into retail workers contracts are effective. Accordingly, thousands of individuals will be entitled to recover arrears of pay from 2012 to date. The claim is the first of a number retail equal pay cases…

News 27 Aug, 2024