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Healthcare assistants, domestic supervisors and reception staff, overwhelmingly women, working at a National Health Service Trust have won an Employment Appeal Tribunal case on equal pay. The case backed by the UNISON public services union argued that the women were paid lower rates for unsocial hours working on Saturdays and Sundays when compared to men in comparable jobs. The ruling could be important for women working in other Trusts where there are differences in unsocial hours payments.
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