Did you know :: that during a 30 year career on a salary of on average £15k per year a female worker could earn up to £100,000 LESS than a male co-worker
 

 

The Equal Pay Act  :: was introduced almost 40 years ago and still there remains a disparity between pay scales for men and women in the UK workplace.
   
 
About the Act

The purpose of the Equal Pay Act 1970 is to bring about a level of equality on pay across the employment environment. A commensurate job deserves a commensurate pay scale provided that the individuals being compared are doing.

What the Act says

The Equal Pay Act 1970 (EPA) gives an individual a right to the same contractual pay and benefits as a person of the opposite sex in the same employment, where the man and the woman are doing:

  • Like work; or

  • Work rated as equivalent under an analytical job evaluation study; or

  • Work that is proved to be of equal value.

The employer will not be required to provide the same pay and benefits if it can prove that the difference in pay or benefits is genuinely due to a reason other than one related to sex.

(source - Equal Opportunities Commission)

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