Britain's Tesco faces record $5.6 billion equal pay claim

Supermarket group Tescois facing a potential bill of up to 4 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) in a record equal pay claim involving mainly women workers at its British stores, according to the law firm pursuing the case.Tesco is Britain's biggest retailer and its largest private sector employer with more than 310,000 staff.Law firm Leigh Day said on Wednesday the mainly male employees in Tesco's distribution centres were paid considerably more than its largely female store workers.