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In Equal Pay claims after a TUPE transfer, red circling will be accepted as constituting a genuine material factor defence Scotland Co Ltd v Buchanan & Anor (Equal Pay Act : Material factor defence and justification) [2011] UKEAT 0042_10_2505	27/08/11
Pay protection may be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim provided that sums awarded don't result from past discrimination. Audit Commission v Haq & Ors [2011] UKEAT 0123_10_1803	09/04/11
Pay protection should have been extended to female staff (after withdrawal of bonuses to males)under the Equal Pay Act 1970 Bury MBC v Hamilton and Sunderland City Council v Brennan [2011] UKEAT	05/02/11
A local council is a single establishment thus allowing white collar workers to use manual workers as comparators City of Edinburgh v Wilkinson & ors [2010] UKEATS/0002/09/BI	24/05/10
In equal pay claims the determining pay by way of length of service may be challenged Wilson v Health and Safety Executive [2009] EWCA Civ 1074	22/10/09
Claims for Equal Pay up to the date of a transfer must be brought within 6 months of the transfer Post transfer claims have 6 years (or 6 months after termination) Gutridge v Sodexo - [2009] EWCA Civ 729	16/07/09
Equal value claims under section 1 Equal Pay Act 1970 during job evaluation scheme implementation will not be automatically successful Hovell v St Peters NHS Trust - CA 2009	12/07/09
Equal Pay - New Comparators constitute the addition of a new cause of action; they vary (not terminate) Contracts Potter v N.Cumbria NHS TRUST	02/06/2009
Council fails in GMF defence to equal pay claims Coventry v Nicholls - EAT 2009	15/03/2009
Equal Pay Does Not Necessarily Mean Being Paid The Same CHIEF CONSTABLE OF WEST MIDLANDS POLICE v BLACKBURN & MANLEY	15/12/07
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