Hearings
England & Wales
28 Jul 1978 [1979] ICR 13, EAT
21 Dec 1979 [1980] 1 WLR 734; [1980] ICR 429; [1980] 2 All ER 307, CA
30 Jul 1980 (pet all) [1980] 1 WLR 1011; [1980] 1 WLR 750H; [1980] ICR 573; [1980] 3 All ER 132, HL(E)
O’Brien v Sim-Chem Ltd
Subject Matter
DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — European Economic Community — Effect of Community law on municipal law — Directive on equal pay for equivalent work — EEC 1972 (Cmnd 5179—II), art 119 — EEC Council Directive 75/117/EEC, art 1
[1980] 1 WLR 734; [1980] ICR 429
DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — Evaluation study — Scheme to remunerate employees in accordance with evaluation study and merit assessment schemes — Evaluation study completed but not implemented — Merit assessment scheme incomplete — Whether women's remuneration determined by “rating of the work” — Whether women entitled to equal pay as men in same grade — Equal Pay Act 1970, s 1 (2) (b) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 8)
[1980] 1 WLR 1011; [1980] 1 WLR 734; [1979] ICR 13; [1980] ICR 429; [1980] ICR 573
Appellate History
O’Brien v Sim-Chem Ltd [1979] ICR 13, EAT
Decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal reversed
O’Brien v Sim-Chem Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 734; [1980] ICR 429; [1980] 2 All ER 307, CA
O’Brien v Sim-Chem Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 734; [1980] ICR 429; [1980] 2 All ER 307, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
O’Brien v Sim-Chem Ltd [1980] 1 WLR 1011; [1980] 1 WLR 750H; [1980] ICR 573; [1980] 3 All ER 132, HL(E)