Equal pay -supermarkets

Kizzy2018

I work for a supermarket that has just lost in court today on equal pay would u be able to claim any money I am owed back myself like you could do for PPI or would I need to sign up to a company that would do it and got me to pay them a %

If I could claim myself how do I go about doing it

Sooner it was in my account that a company’s

Comms69

They haven't lost anything yet - so nothing to claim


https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-asda-pay/uk-supermarket-asda-loses-latest-round-of-equal-pay-case-idUKKCN1PP1JH

JCS1

This one I suspect, but from reading it the case is still ongoing in the tribunal system.


https://news.sky.com/story/asda-loses-latest-round-in-equal-pay-claim-battle-11623354

Kizzy2018

Asda is the supermarket that I work for

JCS1

Kizzy2018 wrote: »

Asda is the supermarket that I work for

There's no decision been made yet, it's all still ongoing.

[Deleted User]

Doesn’t matter which one you work for at the moment, think they said I final decision would be expected by May.

Crazy_Jamie

There are three stages to an equal pay claim. This appeal only related to the first one. Asda have actually said that they will seek to appeal this decision to the Supreme Court, but even if they aren't successful with that, there are two more stages to the equal pay claim itself before it'll be determined whether or not anyone is owed money.

Savvy_Sue

Surely if they lose at the final final final stage, whenever that is, then they would automatically pay any staff still working for them automatically?

I hope the OP has joined a union, because that would definitely help if they're daft enough NOT to pay automatically, IMO.

John_G_Jones

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Surely if they lose at the final final final stage, whenever that is, then they would automatically pay any staff still working for them automatically?

I hope the OP has joined a union, because that would definitely help if they're daft enough NOT to pay automatically, IMO.

Pay what, though? These cases are never actually about equal pay for equal work, companies pretty much all do that anyway. What they tend to be about is that someone has decreed that working on the checkouts is equivalent to doing the midnight to four a.m. shift cleaning out the mincing machines and so decided that the pay should be equal.

The work, of course, is never equal.

It’s like when it is claimed that working on the bin lorries is “equivalent” to being a dinner lady or that scrubbing out septic tanks is equivalent to polishing the floor in a school.

stator

Can't believe the claim has got this far. It's a complete scam by money chasing solicitors.

System

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Surely if they lose at the final final final stage, whenever that is, then they would automatically pay any staff still working for them automatically?

I hope the OP has joined a union, because that would definitely help if they're daft enough NOT to pay automatically, IMO.

They will pay out if the law tells them to pay out and currently that is not the case.