The Industrial Cases Reports
[2005] ICR 1246
Court of Appeal
Alabaster
v
Barclays Bank plc (formerly Woolwich plc) and another
[2005] EWCA Civ 508
2005 Feb 8,
9;
May 3
May 3
Brooke, Latham and Neuberger LJJ
Discrimination
— Sex
— Equal pay
— Maternity leave
— Maternity pay based on earnings during specified period
— Pay rise awarded after specified period
— Whether contrary to Community equal pay principle to exclude pay rise in calculating maternity pay
— Whether domestic legislation providing effective remedy
—
Equal Pay Act 1970, s. 1(1)(2) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s. 8)
—
Employment Rights Act 1996, s. 13
—
Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986 (SI 1986/1960), reg 21(7) (as inserted by Statutory Maternity (General) Amendment Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/1335), reg 2)
—
EC Treaty
, art 119
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