You are invited to attend the distinguished lecture ‘Myths and Legends of Equal Pay’, which will be led by Stefan Cross QC (LLB (Law), 1982).
Date and Time: Thursday 15 November, at 18:45
Location: Murray Lecture Theatre, Building 58, Highfield Campus
Registration for this event is highly recommended – you can register here.
Refreshments will be available from 18:00 from the entrance to the Murray Theatre.
Stefan will be discussing his personal experiences and views around the gender pay gap, equal pay legislation, and who the legends are in equality and discrimination.
Stefan will explore the following:
- Is the Office for National Statistics (ONS) gender pay gap a myth?
- Do we still need equal pay legislation?
- Is gender pay gap reporting a myth?
- Was the Equal Pay Act legendary or not?
- Is Carrie Grace, who resigned from her post as China editor at the BBC in 2018 over pay discrimination claims, a legend?
- Is trade union support for equal pay a myth?
- 50 years after the legend of the Ford Dagenham strike, is it a myth that Dagenham women won equal pay for themselves and others? Who are the legendary figures in equal pay litigation since 1970?
Stefan is recognised as one of the UK’s leading employment lawyers; his pioneering equal pay litigation has changed the legal landscape. He has secured compensation for thousands of women in local authorities across Britain who had been paid less than men in equivalent roles, first on behalf of trade unions and later establishing the first practice to take employment cases on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis.
In 2013 he was appointed as an Honorary Queen’s Counsel (QC) in recognition of his contribution to pay equality, one of only a small number of solicitors to be awarded this venerable distinction.
A committed supporter of our University, he is currently funding the Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality and Law at the University to advance research and social progress in the field of gender discrimination in employment.
