Next Dodges 'Hammer Blow' in Equal Pay Victory

Next overturns court ruling allowing it to pay warehouse workers more

Shop workers had taken legal action against the fashion chain for paying its retail sales staff lower hourly wages than its warehouse workers.

Next overturns equal pay ruling in 'victory for common sense'

Next wins key appeal to overturn £30m equal pay ruling

A judge ruled Next can pay warehouse workers more because it is harder to recruit and retain them.

Thousands of Next shop workers dealt huge setback in £30million equal pay battle

THOUSANDS of shop workers at Next have suffered a major blow in their long-running fight for equal pay, after a tribunal sided with the high street...

Next dodges 'hammer blow' in equal pay victory

Retail giant Next has won an equal pay appeal allowing it to pay warehouse workers more than shop-floor staff, warning that its defeat “would have represented a hammer blow to retail employment in the UK”. The FTSE 100 retailer told shareholders on Monday that it was justified in paying its warehouse operatives a higher rate [...]