equal pay act 1970 definition
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Equal Pay Act 1970 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which prohibits any less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. The Act has now been mostly superseded by Part 5, chapter 3, of the Equality Act 2010.or an employee to claim under this Act they must prove one of the following: 1  That the work done by the claimant is the same, or broadly the same, as the other employee. 2  That the work done by the claimant is of equal value (in terms of effort, skill, decision and similar demands) to that of the other employee.