Equal Pay is a Sex-based Right
We still live in sexist times. BBC presenters paid less than their male equals. Female youth squad footballers thousands less per hour than their male counterparts.
#EqualPay
#ThinkAboutIt
You can only sue for equal pay if you are paid less than someone of the opposite sex and you are doing equal work.
The Equality Act tells us it’s based on sex. Not on fairness, not on gender and not on a “glint in the eye”
#LetsTalkAboutSex
What happens to a sex-based right if your comparator transitions and is now the same legal sex as you?
Your claim has gone in a puff of smoke
The Scottish Government says that women won’t lose out when it reforms the Gender Recognition Act.
But it hasn’t made any proposals to ensure women keep their rights to equal pay.
Maybe it’s a quiet way to avoid having to deal with this kind of issue in future.
I think it’s time that we talked about sex a little bit more.
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#LetsTalkAboutSex
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