Weekly issue 96

NEWS IN BRIEF

A tribunal has decided at a pre-hearing review in Coleman v Attridge Law that the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act can be interpreted so that people who are “associated” with a disabled person (as opposed to being disabled themselves) are protected from discrimination.

Pay Factor

When defending equal pay claims, employers have to show that the difference in pay is due to a genuine material factor that has nothing to do with sex.

VALUE ADDED

The 1970 Equal Pay Act allows women to claim equal pay with a man doing like work, work rated as equivalent under a job evaluation study or work of equal value.