Could you be owed money because a UK supermarket didn’t pay you fairly?
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Overview
Store workers at Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco may have been underpaid. The claims centre on allegations that distribution centre employees were paid more than store workers despite carrying out work of equal value.
In the UK, employers must pay men and women equally for equal work. Employment Tribunals have already found that many store-based roles in some supermarket claims are of equal value to higher-paid warehouse roles, although the legal cases are still ongoing.
If you work at an Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s or Tesco store – or if you have previously worked at a store in England or Wales in the last six years – this could affect you.
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At a glance
Status
Estimated total claim value
£8 billion
Average potential claim value
£5,000 +
*According to various sources. However, each claim is based on its merits, and awards may differ.
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If you have worked at any of these stores, you could have more than one claim
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If you have worked at any of these stores, you could have more than one claim
Supermarkets are paying their distribution centre staff more than their store staff. Legal experts believe these jobs are of equal value, so the supermarkets should pay these workers equally.
Anyone, male, or female, who has worked at one of the stores in England or Wales in the last six years in an hourly paid job may be affected.
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May 2026
A major tribunal hearing began on 1 May 2026 in relation to the Tesco equal pay claim.
Later in May, the Court of Appeal said Tesco’s equal pay case could rely heavily on Tesco’s own training and operational documents when assessing what shop floor roles actually require workers to do. Tesco had argued the focus should be more on what staff did day-to-day in practice, rather than written materials, but most of those arguments were rejected.
The decision is seen as an important development for claimants.
April 2026
The Morrisons equal pay claim entered a key new stage as the Employment Tribunal began hearing Morrisons' defence for the differences in pay between store workers and distribution centre employees. Morrisons must now seek to show that any pay differences were due to factors other than sex before the tribunal reaches a final decision on liability.
March 2026
An Employment Tribunal ruled that more Asda store-based roles are of equal value to higher-paid distribution centre jobs. The decision means thousands of additional workers have cleared an important hurdle in the long-running equal pay case. The claim will now move to its final stage, where Asda must seek to justify the pay differences between store and depot workers.
July 2025
Tesco seeks to overturn a legal decision ahead of a final trial over allegations of unequal pay at the supermarket giant.
February 2025
An employment tribunal ruled that 12 out of 14 lead claimants, representing approximately 60,000 Asda employees - predominantly women in store roles – do jobs of equal value, despite being paid up to £3.74 less per hour than their mainly male warehouse colleagues.
January 2025
The Morrisons equal pay case took a significant step forward when an Employment Tribunal agreed finalised job descriptions for Morrisons shop and warehouse workers. These will be used to determine whether the roles are comparable.
September 2024
A hearing to decide whether the jobs of more than 60,000 Asda retail workers were of equal value to the supermarket’s warehouse staff begins. The decision is expected in 2025.
August 2024
Next lost a legal claim comparing the pay of warehouse and shop floor staff. This case has significant repercussions for the Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s equal pay claims.
November 2023
The Tesco equal pay case took a significant step forward as six test cases moved to final hearing. By focusing on these six key cases, the tribunal expects to speed up the legal process for all Tesco equal pay claimants, possibly by several years.
April 2023
Sainsbury’s bid to halt an equal pay lawsuit on a technicality was thrown out by the Court of Appeal.
February 2022
A further equal pay claim against Tesco was filed. This time on behalf of almost 2,000 employees for failing to pay its store workers a comparable wage to employees working in its distribution centres.
September 2021
Sainsbury’s conceded that the roles done by shop floor workers were comparable to those by higher-paid warehouse staff. Sainsbury’s case now rests on its ability to show that the roles are not of equal value, or that the reason for the pay difference is not based on gender.
An Employment Tribunal ruled Morrisons store workers could compare their roles to distribution centre workers for the purposes of determining equal pay. This was great news for those seeking equal pay compensation.
August 2021
A UK law firm filed equal pay claims against Tesco following a European Union court ruling that said EU Law could be applied to UK businesses. Representing nearly 10,000 claimants, the firm argued that affected workers were entitled to backdated equal pay in line with the hourly rate given to their male distribution centre colleagues.
June 2021
EU judges sided with Tesco workers after a UK tribunal sought guidance from the European Court of Justice in this matter. Supermarket bosses had argued that an EU law defining equal pay for work of equal value was not directly applicable in this case, but the EU judges disagreed.
March 2021
Thousands of Asda supermarket workers won a major victory in their battle for equal pay when the UK Supreme Court upheld the earlier court ruling, meaning that Asda shop floor staff could be compared to warehouse workers.
2018
The first Morrisons equal pay claim was launched.
The first equal pay suit was filed against Tesco on behalf of female store workers who claimed they were being paid less than their male counterparts, despite doing jobs of equal value.
October 2016
The Employment Tribunal ruled that women who work in Asda’s stores could compare their jobs with those done for a higher wage in Asda’s warehouses and lodge a claim over the alleged gender pay gap.
2015
Female shop floor workers launched an equal pay claim against Sainsbury's.
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