The Weekly Law Reports
[1981] 1 WLR 1485
[EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL]
JENKINS
v.
KINGSGATE (CLOTHING PRODUCTIONS) LTD.
1981 June 18,
19;
July 3
July 3
Browne-Wilkinson J., Mrs. D. Ewing and Mr. J. D. Hughes
Discrimination, Sex
— Equal pay
— Variation due to material difference
— Hourly rates of pay
— Full-time employees receiving higher rates than female part-time employees
— Whether variation due to material difference other than sex
— Effect of Community law on municipal law
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Equal Pay Act 1970 (c. 41), s. 1 (3) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65), s. 8 (1))
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E.E.C. Treaty (Cmnd. 5179-II), art. 119
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Council Directive (75/117/E.E.C.), art. 1