Demanding equal pay for equal work

You deserve to demand equal pay. The law states that employees should be paid equally for work of the same value, and we believe many people working in Supermarkets have been underpaid for years. If your claim is successful, you may be entitled to:
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1. Back pay for up to 6 years.

2. Additional pay for the hours you work at the supermarket whilst your claim progresses.

3. Interest on the sums due to you.
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Most claims will be worth over £1,000, although your claim’s value will depend on your hourly rate and length of service.

Potential to increase future earnings

If successful, your claim won’t just entitle you to back pay for hours you’ve already worked. You may also be entitled to an increase in your hourly rate for all future pay.

Accountability

For decades, employers have gotten away with rewarding workers differently for the same work. At times, men have been paid more than women for work of equal value.

By bringing a claim, you’ll help to hold them accountable for this unlawful act, balancing the scales and ensuring they take responsibility for their actions.

Strength in numbers

We want to hold employers to account. The more people that take part in claims like this, the more pressure we can put on employers.

Thousands of other supermarket employees have already signed up. If you do too, you will be joining the movement taking action to change employers’ attitudes and ensure equal pay in the future.

How much are you owed?

You may have been paid between £1 and £3 per hour less than you should have been. If you multiply that by your working hours over the last 6 years you can get a rough idea of how much your claim could be worth.

Most claimants are seeking more than £5,000. Your claim might be worth less or more. This will depend on many factors, including how many hours you worked, how long you worked at the supermarket, and the distribution role it is most appropriate to compare your job with.

If you still work at the supermarket, we will also seek to increase your hourly rate and improve your future pay.

How much will this claim cost me?

Harcus Parker is taking the claim on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis. This means that, as long as you comply with the terms of our retainer, you will only pay if your claim is successful, and you receive compensation.

You will not have to pay Harcus Parker’s fees if your claim is unsuccessful or if you are not awarded any compensation.

You will not have to pay any upfront costs to join the claim. Additionally, while the claim continues we will cover all of the costs associated with it, including court fees, and fees for experts and counsel.

As far as we are aware, no employees have been disciplined or fired for joining the Equal Pay Claim.

It would be unlawful for your employer to treat you differently due to bringing the claim, and if you feel that you are being treated differently by your employer because of your claim, contact us immediately.

We understand that making a claim may feel daunting but remember that tens of thousands of people are already standing up to reclaim pay they might’ve lost, so you aren’t alone.

Yes! Your claim will be a ‘piggyback’ claim, based on the idea that if women doing store work succeed in their claim for higher pay, it would be unfair if male store workers’ pay did not rise too.

Although your claim would depend on female claimants winning theirs, it is possible to lodge your claim now.

If the following conditions apply, you are eligible to join the Equal Pay Claim:

• You work for one of the following supermarkets now or have in the last 6 years:
  • Tesco
  • Morrisons
  • Asda
  • Sainsbury’s
• Your job is/was in the store of any of these supermarkets.
• You are/were paid at an hourly rate.

Yes, absolutely. You are eligible to join the Equal Pay Claim:

• You worked for one of the following supermarkets in the last 6 years:
  • Tesco
  • Morrisons
  • Asda
  • Sainsbury’s

Yes, you can! If your employment ended within the last 6 years, then you can join any of the claims. There is no maximum limit to the number of claims you can sign up to.

No. You can register to be part of the claim whether you are a union member or not.

Whilst many supermarkets and high street shops are facing claims for equal pay, we are representing clients bringing claims against Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons.

Of the four cases, we understand that the furthest advanced is Asda where media reports suggest that the claimants have established that their jobs may be compared to those of their warehouse or depot colleagues and that at least some jobs are equal value.

There have been successes for all the claimants in all the equal pay cases so far. However, none of these claims have yet reached their conclusion, and it may still take some time until there is a final outcome.

At Harcus Parker, our specialist lawyers are experts in representing claimants in group claims just like this one. We have the knowledge and experience to fight your corner effectively and efficiently, against some of the biggest and well-resourced defendants.

Our lawyers have successfully represented claimants in some of the largest group claims over the last 20 years. Our current projects include:

• Acting for businesses, schools, charities, sports clubs, faith groups, and any other non-domestic energy users to recover the cost of energy broker commissions secretly added by suppliers to energy bills.
• Representing homeowners who were trapped paying high interest rates on mortgages taken out with Northern Rock.
• Acting for thousands of students and former students in compensation claims against UK universities after they were charged full fees for online or cancelled tuition during the pandemic and staff strikes.

We act on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis. You will keep most of your compensation if successful.