Labour Court upholds equal-pay recommendation for eight CMP Dairies employees

The Labour Court upheld an Equality Officer recommendation that eight female employees of CMP Dairies Limited were entitled to the same rate of pay as three male comparators. The determination was signed on 26 April 1990. The company had appealed the recommendation, while Services Industrial Professional Technical Union represented the claimants. After inspecting the work, the Court found the claimants' duties were like work or equal in value to those of the comparators; it considered differences in duties small in importance overall. The Court also rejected the company's challenge to the procedures used by the Equality Officer. The company withdrew one appeal ground.