gender pay gap
What a time to be a woman.
In my own lived and observed experience, men paying for dinner or drinks in a bar, restaurant or club seems to come with weighted expectations around 70% of the time.
'Greater Accountability Needed' To Tackle Ethnic Pay Gap As BAME Workers Lose Out On Billions In Pay
A think tank is urging the government to ask firms to report ethnic pay gap figures in the same way as gender pay gap data.
"The sexist remarks show just how much work is still left to do".
If the gender pay gap is going to be tackled once and for all, it’s our perceptions of gender roles in the workplace that must change.
This year, 10 November marks the day when women are essentially 'working for free' thanks to the gender pay gap in the UK. On average, women earn 13.7 percent less than men. Activists are calling for people to speak more openly about their pay checks so that disparities can be raised with their employers.
While women take on the bulk of childcare and see their careers and incomes suffer, men pursue pay rises and promotions - this has to change
Despite living longer than men, women are saving significantly less for later life with new analysis suggesting that the gap between men and women’s pension income is nearly 40 percent
And it widens for women over 40.
The new reporting requirements are a good start, but could go deeper, and indeed sanctions for firms that fail to act should be clearer than simply relying on public stigma