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Next Pay Ruling
Working in a warehouse and working in a shop are surely completely different jobs. Why should the pay rates be expected to be the same?
BBC News - 'We did it!' Next shop workers win equal pay claim
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Indeed. This may well have been the one which kicked it off:
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Having sat on a few job assessment panels the NHS ( Agenda for change.) it's simply a matter of working to a score sheet...using a number of criteria...
In a retail environment
One might be... Work is physically demanding moving heavy objects for much of the day. 5 point
Work might be moderately demanding moving some heavy objects requiring long periods standing 3 point
Work has low physical demands requiring the employee being seated for much of the working day... 1 point
Another criterion could be
The role requires frequent contact with members of the public who may be angry,rude, or have significant barriers to communication. 5 points
The role involves significant contact with members of the public in a routine manner e.g managing simple transactions 3 points
The role requires minimal contact with the public 1 point
There would probably be criteria for operating dangerous equipment and cash handling as well as health and safety, staff supervision, and others relevant to the organisation so it's easy to see how the roles could both score in the range for a particular pay band. Even though the points were scored in different areas.
"maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it appears they've been justifying a gender pay difference by claiming it's a job difference? There's more than a hint of bad faith in that line of argument; while the jobs may be different, I can't see that they're obviously unequal."
By that reasoning the shop floor staff and warehouse people should receive the same pay as the CEO.
I think the thrust of the argument was that retail staff are predominantly women whilst warehouse staff are predominantly men. Warehouse staff receive more pay than retail staff. The warped logic that follows from that is that is that men receive better pay than women.
In my view that's a false argument because there is nothing to stop men applying for retail jobs or to stop women applying for warehouse jobs.
It is impossible to make an "equal value" argument unless you are going to argue that since all employees contribute to a company's success, all jobs in that organisation are of equal value (see my opening paragraph). Such an argument also fails to recognise the need to pay more to recruit and retain staff in certain roles.
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