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Next Overturns Equal-Pay Ruling That Raised Shop Staff’s Basic Wages

From The Guardian · () English

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Next overturned a 2024 ruling that required the retailer to pay shop workers the same higher basic rates as warehouse staff.
  • The company said it won its appeal before the employment appeal tribunal on the key issue of basic pay.
  • The ruling forms part of Next’s ongoing equal-pay litigation.

Next has overturned a ruling that would have required it to pay shop workers the same higher basic wages as employees in its warehouses.

The UK retailer won an appeal against a 2024 decision made under equal-pay rules. The case went before the employment appeal tribunal, which ruled in Next’s favour on the “key issue of basic pay.”

won a landmark victory in its ongoing equal pay litigation

· NextThe retailer’s description of its successful appeal.

Next, led by Conservative peer Simon Wolfson, described the outcome as a “landmark victory in its ongoing equal pay litigation.” The dispute remains part of the company’s wider legal fight over pay rates for its shop staff.

on the key issue of basic pay

· NextThe company’s explanation of the point on which it succeeded before the employment appeal tribunal.
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