Shared Parental Leave: Dads paid less for bringing up a baby – is direct discrimination the answer?
Anthony Fincham and Val Dougan analyse two recent cases challenging employers’ failure to enhance shared parental pay rates for fathers ‘It may be possible to argue that a failure to pay enhanced rates of pay is both direct and indirect discrimination.’ We have come a long way since maternity leave was first introduced by the …
Cases Referenced
Cases in bold have further reading - click to view related articles.
- Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd [2017] ET/1800990/2016
- Eversheds Legal Services Ltd v De Belin [2011] UKEAT/0352/10
- Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police [2016] UKET/2601223/2015
- Montull v INSS [2013] EUECJ C-5/12
- Roca Álvarez v Sesa Start España ETT SA [2010] EUECJ C-104/09
- Shuter v Ford Motor Company Ltd [2013] ET/3203504/13
- Snell v Network Rail [2016] ETS/4100178/2016