All items: Bonuses and incentives

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  (1) Coutts & Co Plc (2) Royal Bank of Scotland v (1) Mr Paul Cure (2) Mr Peter Fraser EAT/0395/04 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Fixed-term workers: Fixed-term detriment found despite application to other groups

    Date:

    24 December 2004

    In Coutts & Co plc v Cure; Royal Bank of Scotland v Fraser, the EAT holds that, in a case where an employer refused to pay a non-contractual bonus to all non-permanent employees, including some fixed-term workers, the tribunal did not err in law by holding that the reason for the less favourable treatment was on the ground of the employees' status as fixed-term workers.

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  Airlie and others v City of Edinburgh District Council [1996] IRLR 516 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Deductions from wages: Employer entitled to vary collectively-agreed bonus scheme

    Date:

    1 October 1996

    An employer was contractually entitled to make changes to an incentive bonus scheme without the consent of employees individually or their trade union representatives, holds the EAT in Airlie and others v City of Edinburgh District Council.

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  Armstrong and others v Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Hospital Trust [2004] All ER (D) 239 (Nov) EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Equal pay/TUPE: Hospitals in same trust not in same 'establishment'

    Date:

    27 May 2005

    In Armstrong and others v Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospital Trust, the EAT holds that female hospital ancillary staff who worked for different NHS trusts after the break up of a district health authority in 1991 could not rely on being in the "same employment" or on "common terms and conditions" of employment for the purposes of s.1(6) of the Equal Pay Act 1970 in an equal pay claim even though some of the NHS trusts had later re-amalgamated.

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  Armstrong and others v Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospital Trust [2006] IRLR 124 CA (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Equal pay: case law update

    Date:

    2 March 2007

    This article looks at some of the significant judgments in the area of equal pay over the past year and their implications.

  • Equal pay: case law update

    Date:

    3 February 2006

    We review recent significant equal pay cases and their implications. Developments of note include the application of the "single source" test to comparators within an employment unit, and a reference to the ECJ on whether use of length of service as a pay system criterion requires specific objective justification.

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  Armstrong and others v Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Trust ET/2500272/00 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case digest: Equal pay

    Date:

    1 March 2008

    Sue Johnstone, editor of Equal Opportunities Review, rounds up some of the remedies that employment tribunals have awarded in discrimination cases.

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  Bainbridge and others v Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council (No.2) [2007] IRLR 494 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Equal pay: Job evaluation scheme did not have retrospective effect

    Date:

    27 June 2007

    In 1) Bainbridge & Ors 2) Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council v 1) Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council 2) Williams EAT/0424/06 & EAT/0031/07 the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that successful equal pay claims confer the right to up to six years' back pay prior to the institution of proceedings.

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  Bannerman Co Ltd v Mackenzie and another EAT/275/95 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Deductions from wages: Deductions from discretionary bonus were unlawful

    Date:

    1 May 1996

    An employer who for several weeks reduced an employee's weekly bonus to offset the cost of vehicle repairs incurred because of the employee's act of negligence, made unlawful deductions from his wages notwithstanding that the contract of employment provided that weekly bonuses were made at the employer's discretion, holds the EAT in Bannerman Co Ltd v Mackenzie and another.

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  Barton v Investec Henderson Crosthwaite Securities Ltd [2003] IRLR 332 EAT (7 reports relating to this case)

  • Equal pay and sex discrimination: New guidance on burden of proof in sex discrimination claims

    Date:

    3 July 2003

    In Barton v Investec Henderson Crosthwaite Securities Ltd, the EAT holds that by the insertion of the new section 63A into the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, a "shifting" burden of proof is introduced into sex discrimination claims, making it necessary to set out fresh guidance as to the correct approach for employment tribunals to take.

  • Case round-up

    Date:

    1 June 2003

    Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

  • Guidance on burden of proof

    Date:

    1 June 2003

    In Barton v Investec Henderson Crosthwaite Securities Ltd (3 April 2003), the EAT sets out guidance on the correct approach to the burden of proof in equal pay and sex discrimination cases.

  • EAT slams City culture of pay secrecy

    Date:

    1 May 2003

    Louise Barton has won her appeal against the employment tribunal's decision in her sex discrimination and equal pay case.

  • Equal value update

    Date:

    1 May 2003

    Kate Godwin charts the recent developments on equal pay and reports on key equal value cases.

  • Case round-up: transparency of incentive schemes and time limits for making discrimination claims

    Date:

    22 April 2003

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: transparency of incentive schemes; and time limits for making discrimination claims.

  • Burden of proof for pay equality shifts to firms

    Date:

    15 April 2003

    The EAT's shrewd ruling over a City bonus claim has wide implications for all employers fighting sex discrimination cases and serves as a warning over transparent pay scales. By Makbool Javid of DLA.

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  Bodman v API Group Services Ltd [2006] ET/2403504/05 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case digest: equal pay for like work

    Date:

    1 July 2007

    Tina McKevitt, solicitor and lecturer in law, provides a round-up of employment tribunal decisions on equal pay for like work.

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  Brand v Compro Computer Services Ltd [2004] All ER (D) 276 (Feb) CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round up

    Date:

    3 April 2005

    Sarah Collins of Addleshaw Goddard brings you a comprehensive update on the latest decisions that could affect your organisation and advice on what to do about them.