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Equality Act 2010

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  • A woman claims that her job is of equal value to that of a male comparator. The employer produces a job evaluation study to the tribunal in which the woman’s job is rated below her comparator’s job. The employer asks the tribunal to dismiss the woman’s claim but the woman is able to show that the study is unreliable because it is out of date and does not take account of changes in the jobs resulting from new technology. The tribunal can disregard the study’s conclusion and can proceed to decide if the work of the claimant and the work of the comparator are of equal value.

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