The Industrial Cases Reports
[2000] ICR 1037
[EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL]
ALABASTER
v.
WOOLWICH PLC.
and Another
2000 March 21,
22,
23;
April 7
April 7
Judge Peter Clark, Mrs. R. A. Vickers and Ms B. Switzer
Discrimination
— Sex
— Equal pay
— Maternity leave
— Earnings-related maternity pay excluding pay rise awarded during maternity leave but after statutory period on which pay based
— Whether contrary to Community equal pay principle
— Whether domestic legislation providing effective remedy
—
Equal Pay Act 1970 (c. 41), s. 1(1)(2) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65), s. 8)
—
Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18), s. 13
—
Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986 No. 1960), reg. 21(7) (as inserted by Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996 No. 1335), reg. 2)
—
E.C. Treaty, art. 119