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Female staff win 'landmark' pay case

Former female employees of Birmingham City Council can launch compensation claims over missed bonuses, Supreme Court rules.

By Thomas Bridge | 24 October 2012

Former female employees of Birmingham City Council can launch compensation claims over missed bonuses, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Up to 174 former council staff members will now be entitled to submit claims after the authority denied female employees bonuses similar to those given to traditionally male-dominated jobs such as road work and grave digging.

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