Equal Pay

Perhaps the most complicated and difficult issue in the whole of employment law is working out whether an employee, in one part of the employer’s business, can claim equal pay by comparing herself with a man working in a completely different location. Gaining a Foothold In Asda Stores Ltd v Brierly & ors, a large…

Suns out, Skirts out

Suns out, Skirts out Warm weather turns HR specialists to thoughts of… dress codes. This summer we have had news of male employees sent home from work for wearing shorts, only to return wearing skirts instead. If women are allowed to wear skirts, they say, then why can’t men? Somewhat less dramatically the House of…