Join the Supermarket and High Street Equal Pay Claims

When two jobs in the same company are different BUT equally demanding, they should be paid equally. This isn’t the case currently across supermarkets and other national retailers. 

Across Britain, thousands of store workers undertake work that involves multiple skills and is physically and emotionally demanding. They are the face of their companies, interacting with customers on a daily basis. Yet, they are paid less than their colleagues in warehouses and distribution centres.  

We are Leigh Day, a law firm challenging unequal pay with the Equal Pay Now campaign. We are taking store worker’s cases to employment tribunals on a ‘no win-no fee’ basis. We believe their jobs are equal to warehouse workers’ jobs. We have already had success in these claims, including judgments from the Supreme Court and Court of Justice of the European Union that the roles of store workers and distribution centre workers are comparable.  Later this year, the store staff at Next will find out if they won the final stage of their case. The cases for the store staff at all the major supermarkets are following closely behind. These cases take time but we believe they will win. 

“At Leigh Day we believe it is unjust that store staff are paid less than their colleagues in warehouses and distribution centres, which is why we are challenging this inequality with the Equal Pay Now campaign. It’s time this hardworking group of people get the pay and recognition they deserve from supermarket bosses.” 

Emma Satyamurti, a partner in the Leigh Day employment team  

If the claim is successful, not only will workers finally be paid equally, but they will also be able to claim up to six years of back pay. 

Thousands of Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Co-op and Next employees have signed up to Equal Pay Now already. Join them today and become part of a movement that is pushing for change. 

All we are asking for is fair treatment. Nothing more, nothing less.