Unfair salary levels - determining work of equal value

Work of equal value

Please visit our main equal wage or salary compensation claims page to read more about your employment rights in the UK.

In order to claim you need to establish whether the role or job at the centre of the pay dispute can be considered "work of equal value"

HOW DO YOU SHOW YOU ARE DOING WORK OF AN EQUAL VALUE?

There are three ways in which you can show you are doing work of an equal value under the Equal Pay Act.

1. You may prove this by showing you are doing ‘like work’. This is the simplest way of bringing a claim; by showing you are doing the same or broadly similar work.

2. Another method is by showing you are doing work of an equal value through a job evaluation scheme. This measures the demands upon workers under headings such as skill, effort and decision making. The job evaluation scheme must be free from discrimination itself.  

3. Another method is by showing that you are doing work related as being of an ‘equal value’. The tribunal have to make an independent assessment as to whether the two jobs are of equal value. Usually, an independent ACAS expert will be appointed to produce a report.

More information on wage rights and claims for unequal pay in the workplace:  

1) Selecting a comparator  

2) How to bring an equal pay claim  

3) How to show a discrepancy in pay

4) Employers defence on basis of  "genuine material factor" explained  

5) About Employment Tribunal claims  

6) More information from Winston Solicitors about equal pay claims       

Have you been underpaid?

Are you currently paid less than male counterparts fro doing the same job?

Are you a council worker or government employee who has received a poor deal?

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Attention - NHS Workers Are you working for the NHS in either a qualified or non- qualified role? If so you might have a right to claim back salary payments that may have been withheld through an unfair wage system.   Speak to our NHS equal wage dispute claims team today  

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