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Representation:
Mr John Bowers QC instructed by Joanna Powley, Solicitor, British Airways Plc, Waterside, PO Box 365, Harmondworth, UB7 0GB for British Airways (European Operations at Gatwick) Ltd
Miss J McNeill instructed by Ms S Gage, Messrs Rowley Ashworth, Solicitors, 247 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SE for Mrs Moore and Mrs Botterill
Authority for the proposition that:-
where a worker is suspended on maternity grounds for specified health and safety related reasons under Employment Rights Act 1996 s.66 to s.70 her right to pay is governed solely by those sections and she has no separate claim under the equal pay legislation.
For main general relevant notes see Maternity/suspension by reason of pregnancy or maternity .
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