LRD guides and handbook May 2013

Law at Work 2013

Chapter 6

Pieceworkers and equal pay

Pieceworkers can claim equal pay under the EA 10. According to the ECJ in the case of Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark v Dansk Industri ([1995] IRLR 648), if there is an appreciable difference in pay between pieceworkers of different sexes, it is for the employer to prove that there is no sex-based discrimination.