Court dispute | Former Co-op HR Chief wins equal pay and unfair dismissal claims

The former HR Chief at the Co-operative Group has won equal pay and unfair dismissal claims against her employer – the Guardian reports.

Sam Walker claimed that she was dismissed after accentuating issues surrounding her pay and warning company leaders that the Co-op may have had gender pay disparities for men and women carrying out similar roles.

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Although the tribunal opposed Walker’s claims that her dismissal was discriminatory, the tribunal did rule that the Co-op “directly discriminated against the claimant on the grounds of sex” after deciding that her work only “partially achieved” when she had not been given a decent yearly appraisal.

Earlier this year, HR Grapevine reported that Walker, who was appointed as Chief HR Officer in 2014, lodged claims over equal pay back in 2015 following a comparison of her salary to male counterparts at the company.