Asda equal pay dispute goes to UK supreme court in virtual hearing

Retailer wants justices to overturn verdict to pay shop workers same as depot staffAsda supermarket workers’ long-running legal battle to receive pay equal to their colleagues who work in the company’s warehouses is being considered in a virtual hearing that got under way at the supreme court.About 35,000 retail workers, the majority of whom are women, have filed claims asking to be paid the same as the predominantly male staff who work in the chain’s distribution depots, and w