{"id":458,"date":"2014-07-12T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T13:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/?page_id=458"},"modified":"2020-03-18T17:17:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T17:17:38","slug":"meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, this event has now been cancelled:<\/h2>\n

Sainsbury’s Equal Pay Meeting – Ellesmere Port (19th March 2020).<\/a><\/h2>\n

It is 50 years since the Equal Pay Act came into force but
\nsadly equal pay is still an on-going problem in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Recent success in Equal Pay Claims<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

In January 2020 presenter Samira Ahmed won her sex
\ndiscrimination equal pay claim against the BBC.<\/p>\n

Ahmed claimed she was underpaid by \u00a3700,000 for her role in hosting Newswatch compared with Jeremy Vine’s salary for hosting Points of View. The Employment Tribunal ruled that both presenters were carrying out equal work, dismissing the BBC\u2019s argument that Jeremy Vine should be paid more for presenting a higher-profile show.<\/p>\n

Samira Ahmed\u2019s case shows that equal pay can be achieved when people stand up for the value of their work. <\/u><\/p>\n

Sainsbury\u2019s Equal Pay Claim<\/u><\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

Hourly paid colleagues working in Sainsbury\u2019s stores who are
\npredominantly female are paid less than their predominantly male counterparts working in distribution centres. Some may think the pay difference is justified by a difference in the nature of the jobs; for example there may be a perception
\nthat workers in distribution centres have to do a lot of heavy lifting.<\/p>\n

However,
\nmany shop floor workers are also required to do heavy lifting, and unlike their
\ndistribution centre colleagues, they must combine this with the many aspects of
\ncustomer service in a retail environment. This requires that shop floor workers
\ndemonstrate a whole range of skills, as well as physical stamina. We therefore
\nbelieve that the work undertaken by colleagues in the stores is undervalued and
\nthat there is no justified reason for the pay difference.<\/p>\n

Leigh Day is a law firm which specialises in equal pay
\nclaims and employment discrimination. We are currently representing almost
\n3,000 colleagues in an equal pay claim against Sainsbury\u2019s and over 40,000
\ncolleagues in other supermarket cases. Please note that both hourly paid men
\nand women in stores are eligible to bring an equal pay claim.<\/p>\n

Leigh Day\u2019s visit to Ellesmere Port \u2013 come and meet
\nwith us!<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

We are hosting a drop-in session in Ellesmere Port on 19
\nMarch 2020<\/u>. This is a free event where lawyers from Leigh Day will be
\navailable to answer any questions or concerns you may have in a friendly and
\ninformal setting. We can also help you to register an interest in the claim if
\nyou have not yet done so. For more information, please visit the Facebook
\nevents page:<\/p>\n

\u00b7
\nEllesmere Port<\/p>\n

If you are unable to attend the above meeting, you can
\ncontact the Leigh Day Sainsbury\u2019s Equal Pay team on 0845 494 0744<\/b> or
\nemail at sainsburys@leighday.co.uk.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, this event has now been cancelled: Sainsbury’s Equal Pay Meeting – Ellesmere Port (19th March 2020). It is 50 years since the Equal Pay Act came into force but sadly equal pay is still an on-going problem in the workplace. Recent success in Equal Pay Claims In January 2020 presenter Samira Ahmed won her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5970,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payjustice.co.uk\/sainsburys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}