Employment law cases

Young v University of Edinburgh EAT/244/93

Reports relating to this case:

Administrative error justifies pay difference

Date:

1 March 1995

In Young v University of Edinburgh the EAT finds that an employer can establish a defence to an equal pay claim by showing that the difference in pay was genuinely due to an administrative error, which the employer could not rectify without creating further anomalies.

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Employment law cases

Young v University of Edinburgh EAT/244/93

Reports relating to this case:

Administrative error justifies pay difference

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