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If the case is successful, won’t I benefit financially anyway?


A successful claim = up to 6 years back pay from the date we start your claim AND back pay from the date we start until the claim is resolved, approx. 5 years.

So, what might you receive?

The below examples assume a £2 difference between you and your male comparators’ hourly rates of pay.

Full time store worker 35 hours* per week

35 hrs pw x 6 yrs**= £21,840


35 hrs pw x 5 yrs***= £18,200

Total = £40,040

Part-time store worker working 25 hours* per week

 25 hrs pw x 6 yrs** = £15,600


25 hrs pw x 5 yrs*** =£13,000

Total = £28,600

At the end of the case your contract would be rewritten to ensure that your pay is not less favourable than your male comparator

For those that don’t join the claim they would get £ZERO in compensation.

*Hours are dependent on actual hours worked.

**Actual length of service at date of starting claim

***Actual length of time it takes to complete claim

Will my manager know if I bring a claim?

Head Office and their lawyers will know but it’s unlikely that anyone at your store will.

Can they sack me if I bring a claim?


When you bring a claim, you are automatically protected by law from any act of retaliation from your employer.

If we lose the claim, will we have to pay legal fees?


Unless you behave in a vexatious, abusive, disruptive or otherwise unreasonable manner, or ignore an order of the Tribunal. The employment tribunal is a cost neutral venue.  This means that win or lose both parties pay their own legal fees. The rare exception to this is if either party acts in any of the prohibited ways listed above.  In those rare circumstances costs may become payable. If you do not behave in that way you will not be at risk of paying costs.

Can men also make a claim?

Yes – a male store worker can bring a ‘piggy-back claim’, by comparing himself with a female store worker (a ‘comparator’) who’s succeeded bringing an equal pay claim against a higher-paid male comparator.

He may also receive the same amount back pay as her.

Will the claims cost me money?

Leigh Day are running this claim on a “no win no fee” basis.

What about people who have now left?

Anyone who has worked in the last 6 years can make a claim.

When will I get my money?

Equal Pay claims can take a long time so it may well be a few years, but you will also be paid interest on some of the compensation awarded by a Tribunal.

If I am made redundant can I still bring an equal pay claim


If you are made redundant you can still bring an equal pay claim in the employment tribunal but you must do so within 6 months, less one day, of your last day of employment. For example, if you are made redundant with effect from 10 September 2019, you have until 9 March 2020 to issue a claim in the employment tribunal.

If you are made redundant and you are asked to sign any documents relating to your redundancy or your redundancy pay it is very important that you do not sign them until you have taken legal advice. You must tell your legal adviser that you have issued or intend to issue an equal pay claim.

Not yet joined the claim?

To join the claim please select your supermarket employer from the ‘Equal Pay Claims’ tab above.

Already a client?

If we are already bringing an equal pay claim on your behalf please keep us updated with any changes to your employment, in particular if you are made redundant.

How being made redundant may affect your compensation

If you are made redundant before your equal pay claim is resolved your compensation will stop accruing on your last day of employment.

If you have not yet joined the claim, remember that every day you delay joining the claim, the amount of compensation you can claim may get smaller.

For more information watch our video on how compensation will be calculated.