https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tens-thousands-asda-workers-track-receive-historic-payout

TENS of thousands of Asda workers, mostly women, could be on track to receive a historic payout after a decade-long battle in a landmark case for pay equality.

An employment tribunal has ruled that most shopworkers involved in the case have jobs of equal value to higher-paid positions in Asda’s warehouses.

GMB union, along with legal firm Leigh Day, brought the case against the supermarket, arguing that the predominantly female retail workforce is paid up to £3.74 per hour less than their mostly male warehouse counterparts.

The tribunal compared the jobs of 14 women lead claimants working on the shop floor with 17 warehouse roles.

It found 11 claimants to be in jobs of “equal value” to at least some of the warehouse roles, with the tribunal describing it as a “mixed picture.”

One other claimant, a section leader, was found to be equal to all of them.

The outcome means that the Asda workers have clinched victory in two out of three stages of their equal pay claim, first launched in 2014.

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