Hearings
European Union
31 Mar 1981 (Case C-96/80); (Case C-96/80); EU:C:1981:80; [1981] 1 WLR 972; [1981] ICR 592; [1981] ECR 911, ECJ
England & Wales
03 Jul 1981 [1981] 1 WLR 1485; [1981] ICR 715, EAT
Jenkins v Kingsgate (Clothing Productions) Ltd
Subject Matter
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 — Equal Pay Act 1970, s 1(3) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 8(1)) — EEC Treaty (Cmnd 5179–II), art 119 — Council Directive (75/117/EEC), art 1
[1981] 1 WLR 1485; [1981] 1 WLR 972; [1981] ICR 592; [1981] ICR 715
Appellate History
Jenkins v Kingsgate (Clothing Productions) Ltd (Case C-96/80); (Case C-96/80); EU:C:1981:80; [1981] 1 WLR 972; [1981] ICR 592; [1981] ECR 911, ECJ
Decision of the European Court of Justice applied
Jenkins v Kingsgate (Clothing Productions) Ltd [1981] 1 WLR 1485; [1981] ICR 715, EAT