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Equality of terms

Produced by Tolley in association with
Employment Tax
Guidance

Equality of terms

Produced by Tolley in association with
Employment Tax
Guidance
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The Equality Act 2010 contains provisions designed to achieve equality in the workplace and provide protection against discrimination on grounds of sex. The Act aims to ensure equality between men and women in respect of pay and other terms of employment where the work of an employee and their comparator (a person of the opposite sex for this purpose) are equal. It does so by providing for a sex equality clause to be read into the employee’s contract of employment. This is designed to ensure parity of terms between the employee and their comparator. A similar provision, referred to as a sex equality rule, is implied into the terms of pension schemes.

The Act implies an equality clause into a person’s (A) terms of work, or an equality rule into an occupational pension scheme, where A either:

  1. is employed on work that is equal to the work that a comparator of the opposite sex (B) does

  2. holds a personal or public office and does work that is equal to the

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Becky Lawton
Becky Lawton

Associate Solicitor at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP


Becky is a member of the Employment, Pensions & Immigration group and advises on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious.On the contentious side, she has expertise in dealing with a broad range of employment tribunal claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination on the grounds of age, sex and disability, part-time working and unlawful deductions of wages.Her non-contentious experience includes drafting and advising on a wide range of employment contracts, consultancy agreements and company policies and procedures.Becky also advises in relation to post-termination disputes with former senior executives and regularly advises on settlement negotiations and severance terms.She regularly publishes articles on all aspects of employment law, speaks at seminars and provides bespoke client training.

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