According to the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), the week-long employment tribunal, which began on Monday, will focus on Ahmed’s contracts on the BBC programme Newswatch, which she has presented since 2012.
Her equal pay is being compared to Jeremy Vine’s, regarding his work on Points of View between 2008 and July 2018.
Vine was paid £3,000 per episode of Points of View between 2008 and 2018. His fee was then reduced to £1,300 in January 2018. He left the programme in July 2018.
In comparison, Ahmed was paid £440 per Newswatch programme from 2012. It was increased by £25 in 2015, then reduced again when the BBC moved presenters onto employment contracts.
The NUJ has said the BBC’s legal team will argue that Ahmed and Vine were not doing the same or similar work when presenting the two programmes.
However, Ahmed’s team will contest that “both programmes were presenter-led programmes just under 15 minutes long, which considered audience feedback on BBC programmes and offered the public the opportunity to air their opinions on BBC content.”
Ahmed said: “I have a sense of pride working for a public service broadcaster that seeks to represent the diversity of Britain and its licence fee payers. On the back of my BBC ID card are written the BBC values which include ‘we respect each other and celebrate our diversity’ and ‘we take pride in delivering quality and…
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