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Employment law

Heather Brady & Ors v North Lanarkshire Council & Ors

The Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed an equal pay appeal on job evaluation reliability, holding the tribunal was entitled to reject the “one bad apple” argument.

  • Equal pay
  • Job evaluation schemes
  • Sex discrimination
  • Burden of proof
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Equal-pay
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Employment law [2017] EWHC 2254 (QB)

Grainger v North East London NHS Foundation Trust

Grainger v North East London NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 2254 (QB) (08 September 2017)

The High Court held that parts of the NHS job evaluation handbook were contractual, but the claimant’s job had not changed enough to require re-evaluation.

  • Incorporation of collective agreements
  • Job evaluation schemes
  • Nhs pay banding
  • Contractual effect of hr policies
  • Employment-law
  • Contractual-incorporation
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Employment law [2017] EWCA Civ 23

Williams v Surrey Heath Borough Council

Williams v Surrey Heath Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 23 (24 January 2017)

The Court of Appeal held that a council employee on a protected personal grade was not entitled to later pay rises meant for true grade 9 posts.

  • Job evaluation schemes
  • Pay protection
  • Contractual interpretation
  • Pension calculation
  • Redundancy payments
  • Employment-law
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Employment law [2009] EWCA Civ 670

Hovell v Ashford & St Peter's Hospital NHS Trust

Hovell v Ashford & St Peter's Hospital NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 670 (09 July 2009)

The Court of Appeal held that a tribunal was not bound to revoke an expert’s appointment in an equal value claim just because job evaluation scores were close.

  • Equal value claims
  • Job evaluation schemes
  • Appointment of independent expert
  • Burden of proof in equal pay cases
  • Equal-pay
  • Equal-value-claims
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Employment law

Hovell v Ashford & St Peter's Hospital NHS Trust

Court of Appeal held that a tribunal could refuse to revoke an independent expert in an equal value claim, and that small JES score differences do not automatically prove equal value.

  • Equal value claims
  • Job evaluation schemes
  • Appointment of independent expert
  • Burden of proof
  • Case management discretion
  • Equal-pay
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