St Helens Borough Council v Derbyshire

About 500 dinner ladies had put forward equal pay claims. Settlement terms were agreed with most of them but 36 refused to settle and sued. Their employer then wrote to each of them a long and careful letter explaining that if it was forced to pay more than the settlement amount agreed by the majority there would have to be job cuts and other cost savings which would adversely affect staff and school pupils generally.

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