Competitive tendering did not excuse pay-cut

Article Abstract:

The House of Lords upheld an industrial tribunal's ruling in Ratcliffe and others v North Yorkshire County Council that women school catering assistants must receive the same pay as men employed by the council to do comparable work. The council had based its defense on s.1(3) of the Equal Pay Act 1970, saying it had to lower its labor costs to compete with private caterers. The ruling, though narrowly written, has implications for other public-sector competitive tenders.

Cases, Pay equity

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Fog begins to clear on "fairness at work."(United Kingdom)

Article Abstract:

The British government plans in 1999 to raise substantially the damages for unfair employment dismissal, rather than abolishing these, as was recommended in its "Fairness at work" White Paper. The Conciliation and Arbitration Committee will obtain the residual discretion to order a vote on trade union recognition, even if a union already has over 50% membership among the employees of the relevant bargaining unit.

United Kingdom, Analysis, Remedies, Employment discrimination, Labor arbitration

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