Tesco is Britain’s biggest retailer and its largest private sector employer with more than 310,000 staff. Photo: ReutersLondon: Supermarket group Tesco is facing a potential bill of up to £4 billion ($5.6 billion) to bring the wages of its female employees into line with men, according to the law firm pursuing Britain’s largest equal pay claim. Tesco is Britain’s biggest retailer and its largest private sector employer with more than 310,000 staff. The law firm said more than 200,000 Tesco employees may be underpaid and estimated shortfalls could reach £20,000, meaning the potential bill for Tesco could be as high as £4 billion. The firm said it was also representing over 20,000 shop-floor workers in equal pay claims against rival supermarket groups Sainsbury’s and Asda.

Source: Mint February 07, 2018 15:00 UTC