Much has been spoken and written this week about the gender pay gap at executive level and the unlikelihood of it closing for at least 100 years.
So it is with impeccable timing that a pay battle at the other end of the scale - involving care workers and dinner ladies employed by Sheffield Council - will arrive at the doors of the Supreme Court next month.
It will be the first time the court has ruled on sex discrimination involving pay.
Trade union Unison says the ruling could affect up to 40,000 cases.
The care workers' case started in an employment tribunal and centres on productivity bonuses paid to gardeners and street cleaners, most of whom are male.
In the most recent hearing, at the Court of Appeal, the ruling went in favour of the dinner ladies and care workers, most of whom are female.
Sheffield feels the bonuses have nothing to do with gender but are paid to increase productivity.
The Supreme Court awaits...
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