Female workers at Asda bring an equal pay claim

More than 9,500 women working for Asda are bringing the UK’s largest private sector equal pay claim valued at around £100m. The shop floor workers argue that they received between £1 and £3 an hour less than staff at Asda’s distribution centres, the majority of whom are men.

Asda had tried to argue that as the shops and distribution centres were in different locations and the staff had different pay arrangements, they were able to pay the staff the rates they chose.

At a preliminary hearing an employment tribunal let the claim proceed, finding that Asda could have ensured that staff received equal pay but chose not to.

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