Sainsburys Equal Pay Press Coverage
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Express
Asda workers win right to claim MILLIONS OF POUNDS in back pay after tribunal win
THOUSANDS of workers at supermarket giant Asda can proceed with claims for equal pay after a "dramatic" employment tribunal victory for a group of women.
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BBC
Asda workers win major step in equal pay claim battle
"The employment tribunal found that Asda, the employer of both men and women, could have made sure that there was equal pay between men and women if they wanted to, but chose not to. "This judgment will have far reaching implications on other supermarket equal pay claims including those we are bringing on behalf of around 400 Sainsbury's workers who are in a similar situation."
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Mondaq
Gender In The Workplace – Equal Pay And Equal Representation For Women
According to a forecast by the World Economic Forum, if the current rate of change continues, the economic gap between men and women globally will not close before 2133. However, recent statistics published by the BBC show that the UK is the 18th most gender-equal country in the world. Is gender therefore still a live issue in the workplace in the UK? Or should the Government be focusing its policy initiatives on other protected characteristics?
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Express
Sainsbury’s boosts store workers’ pay to above living wage but still lags behind Tesco
Around 137,000 Sainsbury's employees including check-out workers and shelf-stackers will benefit from the rise, the supermarket said. It is the highest increase awarded by the chain to store employees in more than a decade. Competitor Tesco pays £7.39 an hour, but Sainsbury's said it also pays for staff members to have a 30-minute break during an eight-hour shift. Sainsbury's said this meant one of its store staff would earn £287.04 for a 39-hour week, £17.30 more than a Tesco employee for a comparable working week.
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The Lawyer
Sainsbury’s instructs TLT to defend equal pay claim by Leigh Day
Sainsbury’s has instructed TLT to defend it in an equal pay battle brought by four female shopfloor workers. The claimants, represented by Leigh Day, claim they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket. Leigh Day lawyer Michael Newman, working on the claim, said it believed the Sainsbury’s action could be joined by many more female staff members and could be as “big as the Asda case”. Newman is in the process of setting up a group register for claimants.
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Shrewsbury Today
Three Shrewsbury Sainsbury’s women workers in equal pay battle
Three Shrewbury women are fighting a legal battle over equal pay against supermarket giant Sainsbury’s. The three women – along with a colleague from a store in Hampshire – claim they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket giant. If successful, the four women could be entitled to six years’ back pay for the difference in earnings.
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Shropshire Star
Three Shropshire Sainsbury’s workers leading battle for equal pay
The store is facing legal action from four female shopfloor workers who claim they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket chain. The case, which will be the subject of a preliminary hearing at a Birmingham employment tribunal on Friday, comes as a similar legal action involving 6,000 female Asda employees remains to be settled. The women from Sainsbury’s, three working in the Shrewsbury area and one in Fareham, Hampshire, were among nearly 20,000 people who contacted legal firm Leigh Day after reading about the case involving Asda.
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HRReview
Sainsbury’s face equal pay battle
Sainsbury’s is facing a legal pay battle from four female shop floor workers who claim they are being paid less than their male colleagues to the same job. The four female employee’s preliminary hearing began yesterday in Birmingham. This is not the first case of an equal pay battle in major supermarket chains. Last year a similar case occurred with female workers in the Asda chain. More than a 1,000 employees submitted tribunal complaints over being paid less than their male counterparts in the distribution warehouses.
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Retail Gazette
Sainsbury’s facing legal action over unequal pay
Four female shopfloor workers have more than threated Sainsbury’s with legal action, claiming that they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket chain. The case resonates with one Asda faced towards the end of last year and still hasn’t settled. According to The Guardian, law firm Leigh Day, which is leading both cases, said it believed the Sainsbury’s action could be joined by thousands more female shopfloor staff.
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HR Grapevine
Sainsbury’s face equal pay battle with female workers
Sainsbury’s is facing legal action over claims that female shop floor workers earn less than their male counterparts. The four female employees’ preliminary employment tribunal will start today in Birmingham. Last year thousands of workers initiated similar legal action against Asda. Leigh Day, the law firm who is handling both cases, said that the quartet’s claim could be accompanied by thousands more of a similar nature in the near future.
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Retail News
Sainsbury’s facing legal action over unequal pay
Four female shop floor workers have more than threatened Sainsbury’s with legal action, claiming that they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket chain. The case resonates with one Asda faced towards the end of last year and still hasn’t settled. According to The Guardian, law firm Leigh Day, which is leading both cases, said it believed the Sainsbury’s action could be joined by thousands more female shop floor staff.
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The Guardian
Sainsbury’s faces equal pay battle with female shop floor workers
Sainsbury’s is facing legal action from four female shopfloor workers who claim they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket chain. The case, which will be the subject of a preliminary hearing at a Birmingham employment tribunal on Friday, comes as a similar legal action involving 6,000 female Asda employees remains to be settled. The law firm Leigh Day, which is leading both cases, said it believed the Sainsbury’s action could be joined by thousands more female shopfloor staff.