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Tesco loses latest round of supermarket equal pay fight
03/06/2021
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John van der Luit-Drummond, Editor

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that thousands of female employees working in Tesco stores can compare their roles to male colleagues working in distribution centres for the purpose of equal pay.

Before the UK left the EU, the CJEU was asked whether part of European law could be relied upon by UK workers making equal value claims against their employer.

Under EU law, a woman can compare their role to that of a man’s working in a different establishment if a “single source” has the power to correct the difference in pay.