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TENS of thousands of Asda supermarket workers received a landmark court victory today in their fight for equal pay.
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Asda’s lower-paid retail staff, about two thirds of whom are women, can compare themselves with the chain’s male-dominated distribution workforce for the purposes of equal pay.
The judge said that the ruling does not mean that the shopworkers have won the right to equal pay, but that their success in the case means that they are now free to take further action.
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Employment lawyer ALICE BOWMAN warns ‘day one rights’ include an undefined ‘initial period’ and the zero-hours contract fixes create baffling fixed-term loopholes. If the Bill doesn’t work properly and deliver, Labour is doomed