Samira Ahmed asked why she was paid £465 per episode of Newswatch while Vine was paid up to £3,000 for each episode of Points Of View, work she described as comparable.
Journalist Samira Ahmed arrives at the Central London Employment Tribunal Image: Aaron Chown/PA Images Journalist Samira Ahmed arrives at the Central London Employment Tribunal Image: Aaron Chown/PA Images BROADCASTER SAMIRA AHMED has won her sex discrimination equal pay claim against the BBC.
Ahmed said in a statement issued through the National Union Of Journalists that she was “glad” the issue had been resolved. NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet said: “It was an incredibly brave decision on Samira’s part to take forward this case. No-one wants to battle their employer in a public tribunal hearing, but the BBC’s failure to meaningfully negotiate made legal proceedings inevitable.
“We’re committed to equality and equal pay. Where we’ve found equal pay cases in the past, we’ve put them right. However, for us, this case was never about one person, but the way different types of programmes across the media industry attract different levels of pay.
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