Hearings
England & Wales
23 Dec 2010 [2011] ICR 296, EAT
08 Nov 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 1281; [2012] ICR 354; [2012] 2 All ER 97; [2011] WLR (D) 319, CA
Copple v Littlewoods plc
Subject Matter
DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Equal pay — Pension scheme — Part-time employees excluded from voluntary pension scheme — Equality clause to be implied while scheme remaining discriminatory — Whether employees who would not have joined entitled to declaration of entitlement to access during period scheme closed to them — Whether declarations in favour of employees who would have joined continuing once scheme open to them — Whether remedy of discretionary declaration sufficient — Equal Pay Act 1970, s 1(1)(2) (as substituted by Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 8(1)) — Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Access to Membership) Regulations 1976, regs 10(1), 12
Appellate History
Copple v Littlewoods plc [2011] ICR 296, EAT
Decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal affirmed
Copple v Littlewoods plc [2011] EWCA Civ 1281; [2012] ICR 354; [2012] 2 All ER 97; [2011] WLR (D) 319, CA