Asda Equal Pay Claim Sends £8 Billion Warning to UK Boardrooms
- Equal pay case brought by 60,000 workers starts in Manchester
- Asda says retail and warehouse staff can be paid differently
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British supermarket chain Asda Group Ltd. is set to face a crucial stage in its equal pay fight with workers in what could form the tip of an £8 billion ($10.6 billion) iceberg of claims against the biggest UK retailers.
Just days after a recent victory for Next Plc employees, a hearing at Manchester’s employment tribunal on Monday will decide whether the jobs of more than 60,000 Asda retail workers, who are mostly women and paid lower hourly rates, were of equal value to the disproportionately male warehouse staff.