The UK's equal pay legislation has had radical effects on grading and pay, however, four decades after the introduction of the Equal Pay Act, the gender pay gap gender for average earnings of full-time employees is 9.4% (Office for National Statistics, 2015). Followed by the Equal Pay Act in 1975 the Sex Discrimination Act was introduced. The law banning discrimination based on sex means that anyone who does not comply can face legal consequences. At the time both the Equal Pay Act and the Sex Discrimination Act appeared to be too radical to be introduced all together; before these were freely implemented, public attitudes needed to be met