Is Next due you up to £6,000 for paying you unfairly? If so, Join the Claim to get the justice and compensation you deserve.
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Overview
Popular fashion retailer Next is accused of paying its largely female shop assistants 24% less than its predominantly male warehouse employees. Warehouse staff also received bonuses that shop assistants never had access to. According to legal experts, the work shop floor assistants do is comparable to that done in the retailer’s warehouses. Under UK law, workers should get equal pay for equal work. In August 2024, an employment tribunal ruled that Next store staff should have been paid the same rate as Next warehouse employees. As a result of the ruling, the underpaid workers – who are predominantly women – could now be due more than £30 million in backpay. Lawyers have launched group action claims to help Next store workers get back the wages they should have received. If successful, Next shop workers who join a claim could receive thousands of pounds in backpay.
At a glance
What do we know about the Next equal pay claim?
Who is eligible to join the Next equal pay compensation claim?
Could you qualify for a NO-WIN, NO- FEE Next compensation claim? Find out instantly with our easy-to-use checker. If eligible, register your interest for updates and next steps. We’ll notify you if we find a regulated UK law firm to take on your case.
You could have ANOTHER equal pay claim.
How to Join the Claim
Answer a few quick questions to see if you qualify to join the claim.
If you qualify, share a few more details and we’ll update you on the next steps.
We’ll notify you if we find a regulated law firm ready to accept your case – all on a no-win, no-fee basis.
Latest updates on the NEXT Equal Pay scandal
August 2024
Next lost a legal claim comparing the pay of warehouse and shop floor staff. Because of Next’s actions, thousands of store workers were not paid a fair wage and could be due thousands of pounds in compensation each.
May 2023
Next employees won a ‘crucial battle’ for equal pay when an employment tribunal ruled that the job done by store staff is equal to their warehouse counterparts.
2018
Female shop floor workers launched an equal pay claim against Next.
We’ll provide more updates on the fight for justice in the Next equal pay case as they occur.
Join the NEXT Equal Pay claim
Find out if you could join a no-win, no-fee Next equal pay claim. It will only take a few minutes and there’s no obligation to proceed.
Next equal pay FAQs
Despite doing jobs of equal value, Next pays its store staff as much as £2 an hour less than its warehouse staff. Lawyers claim this is a breach of the Equality Act 2010, which states that employers must pay employees in comparable roles equally.
No. While the retailer pays its (predominantly male) warehouse staff more than its (predominantly female) store workers, both men and women can join the Next equal pay claim.
Yes. If you have worked at a Next store at any time in the last six years, you may be eligible to make an equal pay claim.
No, your employer cannot fire you, or treat you any differently for joining an equal pay claim.
If you are currently working or have previously worked at a Next store at any time in the last six years, you may qualify to make an equal pay claim.
We cannot say how much compensation you might get if you win your Next equal pay claim. However, lawyers believe that Next could owe many current and former store workers thousands of pounds in equal pay compensation. If you have a claim, you could be owed in excess of £6,000.
In the UK, if a group of people have experienced loss, or otherwise been harmed by an organisation’s law breaking, they can come together to fight for justice. Levelling the playing field when standing up to big businesses, group actions prove that there is strength in numbers. At Join the Claim, we bring consumers and law firms together to ensure these group actions are as powerful as possible.
We won’t charge you a single penny. And we ensure any law firms we connect you with operate on a no-win-no-fee basis.
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