equal pay

In Walton Centre for Neurology v Bewley the Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) considered whether a woman in an equal pay claim can compare herself with her successor in the job she had left. Under previous case law a woman was able to do this but in Walton the EAT held that this was no longer possible. It ruled that a woman cannot compare herself with her successor because statute envisages that the comparison should be made with a person who is employed at the same time as her.