Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali [2018] UKEAT/0161/17

Shared parental leave: Failure to enhance and discrimination: uncertainty reigns

Rebecca McGuirk and Anna Scott consider the second ruling in less than a month on whether enhancing maternity pay but not shared parental leave (SPL) pay constitutes sex discrimination against men ‘If enhanced pay continues beyond the ordinary maternity leave period into additional maternity leave, it is arguable that the purpose of the additional leave …

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Sex discrimination: Comparing like with like – shared parental leave and enhanced maternity pay

Ed Bowyer and Jo Broadbent discuss the EAT’s recent ruling on whether failure to enhance shared parental leave pay is discriminatory ‘The enhanced maternity pay was “special treatment offered to a woman in connection with pregnancy or childbirth” and could not result in a claim of sex discrimination.’ It is seven years since the government …

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