Dumfries and Galloway Council v North and others

More than 200 female classroom and learning assistants and nursery nurses claimed their work was of equal value to male refuse collectors and other council manual workers. The EAT held there were no “common terms” at the different places of work and no possibility of the male comparators ever being employed in the “same employment” as the female workers.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission