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Old 4th Oct 2006, 14:37
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Then the "some" are probably just wishful thinkers ! Read the report on This landmark ruling from the European court yesterday stating that experience is an acceptable basis for salary differential. It is more likely that those companies without seniority based systems are going to have to look quickly at their own situation.

In summary : "The European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that length of service was an acceptable basis on which to decide how much an employee should be paid.

In what was described by trade union Prospect as the most important sex discrimination judgment for 10 years, the court added that experience was a key factor in deciding salaries.

It said that, where pay was based on length of service, there was no need for an employer to justify a person's salary unless he or she could provide evidence "capable of raising serious doubts in that regard".

The ruling is expected to hit the public sector hardest, where wide differences in the salaries paid to staff for the same length of service are reportedly much more common than in the private sector."
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