Market forces did not discriminate

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  British Coal Corporation v Smith and others; North Yorkshire County Council v Ratcliffe and others [1994] IRLR 342 CA (1 other report)

  • Equal pay: Cross-establishment claims and the GMF defence

    Date:

    1 July 1994

    The Court of Appeal has recently considered two cases which raise the issues of whether a male comparator employed at a different establishment from an applicant is "in the same employment" for the purposes of a claim under the Equal Pay Act, and the nature of the employer's "material factor" defence under s.1(3) of that Act.