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Equal pay law is covered by the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Statutory Code of Practice on equal pay. Who has a right to equal pay. Equal pay applies to: employees; workers; apprentices; agency workers; full-time, part-time or temporary contracts; self-employed people who are hired to personally do the work
First one of those annoying lawyerly clarifications, while the Equal Pay Act received Royal Assent in 1970, it did not in fact come into force until December 1975. Equal pay has, therefore, only been provided for under domestic legislation for 45 years, rather than 50.
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Sep 17, 2024 · In December 1975, The Equal Pay Act (1970) came into force in the UK. Seven years earlier, a determined group of women laid the foundations for this landmark moment. In 1968, at the Ford...
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May 20, 2020 · Trade unions agreed to support equal pay. The argument was also made that equal pay was required before the UK would be able to join the European Economic Community. All the publicity, public opinion and lobbying pressure enabled Barbara Castle to pass the Equal Pay Act in 1970.
May 7, 2020 · It came into force in 1975, giving employers five years to equalise pay between men and women undertaking similar or equivalent work. During this five-year period, the average full-time wage for women in the UK in comparison to men increased by 5%, from 72% to 77%. This was the largest increase seen over such a short period of time in the UK.
May 28, 2020 · The Bill received Royal Assent on 29 May becoming the Equal Pay Act 1970 (EqPA). However, the Act did not come into force until 29 December 1975, the same day as the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (SDA).
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The full-time gender pay gap has narrowed since 1975 when equal pay legislation first came into force but there remains a gap of over 16 per cent between women’s and men’s pay. 2
