Allen and others v GMB [2008] IRLR 690 CA
Reports relating to this case:
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Sex discrimination: Trade union indirectly discriminated against members
- Date:
- 15 September 2008
In Allen and others v GMB [2008] IRLR 690, the Court of Appeal held that a trade union indirectly discriminated against a group of its members where its aim was to secure pay protection and future pay for employees, but its means of achieving this aim - persuading women with historic equal pay claims to settle them disadvantageously - were disproportionate.
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Allen and others v GMB
- Date:
- 16 July 2008
The Court of Appeal has held that the GMB committed indirect sex discrimination in failing to pursue Middlesbrough Borough Council in connection with a long-running equal pay dispute.