The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1987] AC 224
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
RAINEY APPELLANT AND GREATER GLASGOW HEALTH BOARD RESPONDENTS
1986 Oct. 6,
7;
Nov. 27
Nov. 27
Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord Griffiths, Lord Mackay of Clashfern and Lord Goff of Chieveley
Discrimination, Sex
— Equal pay
— Variation due to material difference
— Female prosthetist employed directly in National Health Service
— Rate of pay lower than that offered to male prosthetists recruited from private contractors
— Whether variation due to material difference other than sex
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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))