The parties had disputed a difference in payment between the woman applicant and men doing similar work. After a lengthy dispute the parties now disputed the costs.
Held: The company had correctly been ordered to pay the costs.
Lord Denning MR, Lawton, Cummin-Bruce LJJ
[1980] EWCA Civ 7, [1981] QB 180, [1980] ICR 672, [1980] IRLR 210, [1980] 2 CMLR 217, [1980] 3 WLR 929, [1981] 1 All ER 111
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
At EAT – Smith v Macarthys Ltd EAT 14-Dec-1977
Mrs Smith was employed by the respondents, wholesale dealers in pharmaceutical products, as a warehouse manageress at a weekly salary of andpound;50. She complained of discrimination in pay because her male predecessor whose post she took up after . .
At CA (1) – Macarthys Ltd v Smith CA 1980
The employee had taken on a job substantially similar to that of a previous male employee, but had been paid less. She succeeded in a claim under the 1971 Act before the industrial tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal. The employer appealed . .
At ECJ – Macarthys Ltd v Smith ECJ 27-Mar-1980
The first paragraph of article 119 of the EEC Treaty applies directly, and without the need for more detailed implementing measures on the part of the community or the member states, to all forms of direct and overt discrimination which may be . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Employment, European, Costs
Updated: 11 December 2021; Ref: scu.262686