“The beginning of the period allowed for initiating an equal pay claim would not be triggered until the expiry of the stable employment between the employer and employee within the meaning of the section 2ZA of the Employment Act 1970. A new employment contract varying the term of an existing contract between the same employer and the same employee in a stable relationship did not terminate the existing contract so as to trigger the beginning of that period.”
WLR Daily, 6th April 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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