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G.B.1 GREAT BRITAIN

G.B.1 GREAT BRITAIN Equal Pay - comparison with males employed at other establishments on common terms and conditions - whether pay differentialjustified by different pay structures and bargaining units HEADNOTES Facts The 1,286 applicants were female ancillary employees of the British Coal Corporation, which at the relevant time carried on the business of coal mining at a large number of different places in Great Britain. The applicants were canteen workers and cleaners who sought to compare themselves with male employees of the Corporation, mainly surface mineworkers. The range of jobs brought within the category of 'surface mineworker' had been expanded over the years, but none of the included jobs involved those done by women. The terms and conditions of all the employees of the Corporation were negotiated centrally, but the central agreements permitted certain variations from area to area or even from mine to mine. Two questions arose. Was an applicant at one of the establishments of the Corporation entitled to compare herself with a male employed at a different establishment. This raised the question of whether there were 'common' terms and conditions for the class of worker, of which the comparator was a member, at the applicant's and the comparator's http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Labour Law Reports Online Brill

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
eISSN
2211-6028
DOI
10.1163/221160296X00056
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Abstract

Equal Pay - comparison with males employed at other establishments on common terms and conditions - whether pay differentialjustified by different pay structures and bargaining units HEADNOTES Facts The 1,286 applicants were female ancillary employees of the British Coal Corporation, which at the relevant time carried on the business of coal mining at a large number of different places in Great Britain. The applicants were canteen workers and cleaners who sought to compare themselves with male employees of the Corporation, mainly surface mineworkers. The range of jobs brought within the category of 'surface mineworker' had been expanded over the years, but none of the included jobs involved those done by women. The terms and conditions of all the employees of the Corporation were negotiated centrally, but the central agreements permitted certain variations from area to area or even from mine to mine. Two questions arose. Was an applicant at one of the establishments of the Corporation entitled to compare herself with a male employed at a different establishment. This raised the question of whether there were 'common' terms and conditions for the class of worker, of which the comparator was a member, at the applicant's and the comparator's

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International Labour Law Reports OnlineBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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