Samira Ahmed wins sex discrimination equal pay claim against BBC
Presenter Samira Ahmed has won her sex discrimination equal pay claim against the BBC.
She took the corporation to the London Central Employment Tribunal, asking why she was paid £465 per episode of Newswatch while fellow presenter Jeremy Vine was paid up to £3,000 for each episode of Points Of View, work she described as comparable.
The judgment in Samira Ahmed v BBC handed down by Judge Harjit Grewal in the Central London Employment Tribunal is now available online: https://t.co/oevWxPgTVN
— Judicial Office (@JudiciaryUK) January 10, 2020
Opposing her claim, the BBC argued that the two presenters were not doing similar work.
A 40-page judgment said the BBC failed to show there was a difference between the two programmes.
Ms Ahmed received support from public figures including broadcaster Sandi Toksvig, lawyer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger.
Ms Ahmed has been among the female talent at the BBC voicing concerns over pay equality following the outcry over former China editor Carrie Gracie’s salary.
