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Next Stores Equal Pay Claim

 

More than 3,500 Next shop workers have won their six-year legal fight for Equal Pay against Next.

This is the first equal pay claim of this type against a national retailer to reach the final legal stage and secure a win. The total amount payable by Next as a result of the win is currently estimated to be in excess of £30 million.

In a clear judgment, the Employment Tribunal has ruled that Next failed to show that paying their sales consultants, who are overwhelmingly women, lower hourly pay rates than their warehouse operatives, was not sex discrimination. Sales consultants receive lower basic hourly pay than warehouse operatives (a difference ranging from £0.40 to £3). The claimants’ average salary loss is more than £6,000 each.

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The equal pay claim against retailer next is being led by leading employment and discrimination barrister, Elizabeth George:

Elizabeth was a solicitor before transferring to the bar in 2005, qualifying as a barrister at Cloisters Chambers. She is currently working as employed counsel for Leigh Day on a national equal pay group claim against next stores.

WHO CAN CLAIM?

There is still time to join the claim for anyone who:

  • Is working or has worked as a Sales Consultant, Stockroom Assistant or Team Coach in a next store in England, Scotland or Wales in the last six months.
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WHAT ARE THE COSTS?

  • Leigh Day is running this claim on a ‘no win-no fee’ basis (called a ‘DBA’). Under the DBA, you will only have to pay legal fees if the claim wins.
  • Find out more about fees and costs via our FAQs page.

DBA PAGE

We can end the DBA at any time at no cost to you. If you end the DBA before the end of the claim or act unreasonably (please see sections 7 and 10 of the DBA), you may be required to pay Leigh Day your share of costs as they are at that time.

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WHO ARE WE?

We are Leigh Day, a law firm challenging this unequal situation with the Equal Pay Now campaign. We are bringing equal pay claims to an employment tribunal on a ‘no win-no fee’ basis. We believe the claim that store and warehouse workers do jobs of equal value is a strong and winnable one.

If we succeed, shop workers at next stores will get a well-deserved and long overdue pay rise. They will also likely receive compensation, which could amount to up to six years of back pay. Find out more below about how to join our rapidly growing movement for fair treatment.

 

 

RELATED NEWS

‘We did it!’ Next shop workers win equal pay claim – BBC More than 3,500 current and former workers at Next have won the final stage of a six-year legal battle for equal pay.

Sign up to Equal Pay Now by registering online or call our equal pay team on 0203 780 0273.

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Hear from the store workers who have joined Equal Pay Now

EQUAL PAY WILL HELP RESTORE MY CONFIDENCE AND SELF-RESPECT

"Equal pay will help to restore my confidence and self-respect because finally the company I have worked hard for will now recognise that my role as a sales consultant is as valuable as a warehouse operative."

Mrs. C, Next Employee

IT’S RIDICULOUS THAT WE’RE PAID LESS THAN PEOPLE WORKING IN THE WAREHOUSES

"It’s ridiculous that we go through all of this and we’re paid less than people working in the warehouses. I spent a week working in one of the warehouses and it seems a really chilled out place so when I found out they were earning so much more I was completely shocked. It’s not much to ask that management acknowledge that we don’t just stand there taking payments, putting things in bags and smiling."

Mrs. P C, Next Employee

You told us why the Equal Pay Now campaign is so important. Click here to watch and read why our clients joined our Equal Pay Now claims.