'Justifiable' | Next wins tribunal appeal to overturn £30m equal pay ruling

Next has won a major stage of its long-running equal pay dispute, after an appeal judge ruled that it could pay warehouse operatives more than shop workers performing work of equal value.

More than 3,500 current and former employees had been set to receive potentially more than £30m in back pay following a 2024 judgement, which ruled the retailer was wrong to pay warehouse staff a higher basic pay rate than shop floor workers, who are predominantly female.