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2017/28 Failure to enhance parental leave pay to level of maternity pay held to be direct sex discrimination (UK)
Keywords Gender discrimination
Authors Anna Bond
DOI 10.5553/EELC/187791072017002003005
Author's information

Anna Bond
Anna Bond is an Associate Solicitor at Lewis Silkin LLP.

  • Abstract

      It was direct sex discrimination for a male employee who wished to take shared parental leave (SPL) to be entitled only to the minimum statutory pay where a female employee would have been entitled to full salary during an equivalent period of maternity leave, according to a first-instance decision from the Employment Tribunal (ET).

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