Next wins key appeal to overturn £30m equal pay ruling
A judge ruled Next can pay warehouse workers more because it is harder to recruit and retain them.
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"The importance of this decision is that the Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that it was justifiable for Next to rely on market forces to distinguish between different groups of employees, where there was a good rationale to pay one group more than the other."
— Next , Executive
"disappointing"
— Leigh Day , Executive
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A judge ruled Next can pay warehouse workers more because it is harder to recruit and retain them.
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