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World Business Report: Staff at Britain's biggest retailer Tesco edge towards equal pay

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Equal pay case won at Britain's biggest retailer

03/06/2021 GMT

Staff at Britain's biggest retailer Tesco edge towards equal pay

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Staff at Britain's biggest retailer Tesco edge towards equal pay

An EU law can be relied on when making equal pay claims against employers

Thousands of current and former workers at Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, have had their argument upheld in their fight for equal pay.

Thousands of current and former Tesco workers have had their legal argument in their fight for equal pay upheld. We speak with the BBC’s Emma Simpson to hear the details. Lebanon is no stranger to hardship; from the wreckage of its civil war to the world's largest ever non-nuclear explosion happening at its port, the country has not had an easy ride. Lebanon’s economic and financial crisis could rank as one of the three most severe the world has seen in the last century and a half. The BBC's Ed Butler has an extended report. The rollercoaster ride for American stocks continues as cinema chain AMC offers free popcorn to investors – the BBC’s Samira Hussain in New York tells us more about the trading frenzy. And finally,  it’s been billed as an e-wallet that will give people a seamless way to access public and private services – but what about the privacy pitfalls? We speak with Julie Dawson, the Director of Regulation and Policy at the digital wallet and ID app Yoti.

(Image: Customers enter Tesco Express on Bow St. Photo by Michael McNerney/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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