Clause 59
Equality Bill
10:45 am
Joe Benton (Bootle, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: amendment 260, in clause 61, page 47, line 16, at end add—
‘(5) Where section [Relevant types of work (No. 2)] (2) applies, the provisions of this section will apply to the extent that a term of A’s is less favourable than a corresponding term of B would be, or that A does not have a term which B would have.’.
Amendment 261, in clause 62, page 48, line 27, at end add—
‘(11) Where section [Relevant types of work (No. 2)] (2) applies, the provisions of this section will apply to the extent that a term of A’s is less favourable than a corresponding term of B would be, or if a discretion in relation to A is capable of being exercised in a way which is less favourable than it would be in relation to B.’.
New clause 24—Relevant types of work (No. 2)—
‘(1) Sections 61 to 65 apply where—
(a) a person (A) is employed on work that is equal to the work that a colleague of the opposite sex (B) does;
(b) a person (A) holding a personal or public office does work that is equal to the work that colleague (B) of the opposite sex does.
(2) To the extent set out in sections 61 to 64, those sections also apply where A does not have a colleague B who does work that falls within subsection (1), because there is no such person of the opposite sex to A.’.