‘Deeply disappointing’ gender pay gap has hardly changed, leading charity says
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Deeply disappointing’ gender pay gap has hardly changed, leading charity says

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It is “deeply disappointing” the gender pay gap has scarcely narrowed in recent years, the UK’s leading gender equality charity has warned. Meanwhile, Women’s Budget Group warned the gender gap will rise if the Tory government “pursue austerity 2.0” in the forthcoming full Autumn Statement in mid-November. Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group, told The Independent: “The gender pay gap reflects the different positions of women and men in the economy, and the fact that women are over-represented in lower paid sectors such as childcare and social care and underrepresented in the highest earning sectors. She added: “Which is a triple whammy to women’s income because women are more likely to work in the public sector, to rely on public services, and to step in and provide unpaid care work when the public sector withdraws services.” Dr Stephenson noted the new PM Rishi Sunak and the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt “can pursue austerity 2.0” in the full Autumn Statement, announced on 17 November, but added this will cause the gender pay gap to increase, as well as reversing “women’s economic equality”.

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‘Less old men, less privately educated, less upper class’: The changing face of Westminster
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‘Less old men, less privately educated, less upper class’: The changing face of Westminster

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On Equal Pay Day, here’s how to ask for a payrise (and actually get one)

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‘Family retirement pots’ could help close pensions gender gap – report
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The Independent  

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UK gender pay gap reduces to 7% for 2024, ONS data shows
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UK gender pay gap reduces to 7% for 2024, ONS data shows

The Independent  

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High-flying women say they still suffer from same problems in workplace as 30 years ago
3 months ago

High-flying women say they still suffer from same problems in workplace as 30 years ago

The Independent  

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BBC gender pay gap widens for third year in a row, latest figures show
5 months, 2 weeks ago

BBC gender pay gap widens for third year in a row, latest figures show

The Independent  

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Gender pay gap prompts difficult workplace conversations as businesses and employees seek out solutions
10 months, 1 week ago

Gender pay gap prompts difficult workplace conversations as businesses and employees seek out solutions

ABC  

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New gender pay gap reporting may not benefit women in regional Australia, advocates say
10 months, 2 weeks ago

New gender pay gap reporting may not benefit women in regional Australia, advocates say

ABC  

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Women twice as likely as men to miss statutory sick pay, new figures reveal
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Women twice as likely as men to miss statutory sick pay, new figures reveal

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How the Ethnicity Pay Gap Campaign is tackling salary inequity
1 year ago

How the Ethnicity Pay Gap Campaign is tackling salary inequity

BBC  

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Australia's gender pay gap narrows to 21.7pc ahead of public business disclosure laws coming into effect
1 year, 1 month ago

Australia's gender pay gap narrows to 21.7pc ahead of public business disclosure laws coming into effect

ABC  

The national gender pay gap has fallen to a new low of 21.7 per cent, and the impending public revelation early next year of the gaps at every business employing more than 100 people — a definition that covers nearly 5 million workers — will likely push it lower still. Key points: The average total national gender pay gap has …

How one of the 'bloke-iest' companies in Australia is smashing the gender pay gap
1 year, 2 months ago

How one of the 'bloke-iest' companies in Australia is smashing the gender pay gap

ABC  

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How big is the gender gap in earnings?
1 year, 2 months ago

How big is the gender gap in earnings?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Periodic Labour Force Surveys have been monitoring the gender earnings gap across various forms of employment from April-June 2019 to 2023. In 2023, the gap in work hours was largest for self-employed workers, where men worked 50% more hours than women, and lowest for regular wage workers. Though the gap was the smallest, men and …

Closing the gender pay gap: Strategies for equality in the workplace
1 year, 3 months ago

Closing the gender pay gap: Strategies for equality in the workplace

Hindustan Times  

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Closing the gender pay gap: Strategies for equality in the workplace
1 year, 3 months ago

Closing the gender pay gap: Strategies for equality in the workplace

Hindustan Times  

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MPs launch inquiry into sexism in the City after sector rocked by scandals
1 year, 5 months ago

MPs launch inquiry into sexism in the City after sector rocked by scandals

The Independent  

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BBC gender pay gap widens, annual report shows
1 year, 5 months ago

BBC gender pay gap widens, annual report shows

The Independent  

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Citizens Advice says gender 'is more complex than "men" and "women"', after pay gap revealed
1 year, 8 months ago

Citizens Advice says gender 'is more complex than "men" and "women"', after pay gap revealed

The Telegraph  

Citizens Advice has blamed its worsening gender pay gap on “non-binary” identities being omitted. We also recognise that a person’s sex or gender does not always align with the sex and/or gender they were assigned at birth.” It continues: “we have to follow the current statutory requirements for gender pay-gap reporting, so gender must be reported in a binary way”, …

Budget news 2023: We need to talk about the gender pensions gap
1 year, 9 months ago

Budget news 2023: We need to talk about the gender pensions gap

The Independent  

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Two in five Britons think championing women’s equality discriminates against men
1 year, 10 months ago

Two in five Britons think championing women’s equality discriminates against men

The Independent  

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Gender gap at work far worse than expected: United Nations
1 year, 10 months ago

Gender gap at work far worse than expected: United Nations

The Hindu  

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UK banks’ gender and ethnicity pay gaps widen as progress ‘too slow’
1 year, 10 months ago

UK banks’ gender and ethnicity pay gaps widen as progress ‘too slow’

The Independent  

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Conservatives ‘lost decade of sluggish wage growth’ mean female workers losing out up to £3,000 a year
2 years, 1 month ago

Conservatives ‘lost decade of sluggish wage growth’ mean female workers losing out up to £3,000 a year

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The gender pay gap, hard truths and actions needed
2 years, 3 months ago

The gender pay gap, hard truths and actions needed

The Hindu  

India is among the most important countries when it comes to the global economic growth and structural transformation story. Impact of the pandemic Yesterday was the Third International Equal Pay Day 2022 — the day falls on September 18 — and it is time to pause and reflect on the extent of progress made towards closing the gender pay gap …

‘Not a win for women’: Truss becomes UK’s third female PM – but how does the country compare on women’s rights?
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Not a win for women’: Truss becomes UK’s third female PM – but how does the country compare on women’s rights?

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With a massive and persisting gender pay gap, here's why WA is the worst place in Australia to be a woman
2 years, 5 months ago

With a massive and persisting gender pay gap, here's why WA is the worst place in Australia to be a woman

ABC  

Western Australia is the worst place in our wide, brown, sunburnt land to be a woman. Women still earn much less Data published by the state government this week shows that yet again, WA wins the wooden spoon for women's pay. And although things are improving slowly and gradually – we're in a better place now than in 2011 when …

Time to end systemic misogyny reflected in the gender pay gap
2 years, 6 months ago

Time to end systemic misogyny reflected in the gender pay gap

Live Mint  

In a pre-pandemic world, UN Women alerted us that “women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men", resulting in lifelong income inequality. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021 aired pessimism, saying that the gender pay gap is likely to further widen by 5%. As the pandemic aggravated existing gender inequalities, PayScale’s State of the …

Action needed on gender pensions gap – TUC
2 years, 7 months ago

Action needed on gender pensions gap – TUC

The Independent  

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‘Genius’ Twitter ‘bot’ reveals gender pay gaps of brands celebrating International Women’s Day
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Genius’ Twitter ‘bot’ reveals gender pay gaps of brands celebrating International Women’s Day

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International Women’s Day: Expert panel to discuss gender health gap
2 years, 10 months ago

International Women’s Day: Expert panel to discuss gender health gap

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Minority ethnic workers paid a sixth less than their white counterparts, study says
3 years ago

Minority ethnic workers paid a sixth less than their white counterparts, study says

The Independent  

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Two-thirds of British women think gender or racial bias is holding them back at work
3 years, 2 months ago

Two-thirds of British women think gender or racial bias is holding them back at work

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Covid has supercharged gender inequality – only Labour can deliver a fairer future for women
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid has supercharged gender inequality – only Labour can deliver a fairer future for women

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Can we talk about the gender pay gap?
3 years, 7 months ago

Can we talk about the gender pay gap?

Live Mint  

In the past 15 months, there’s been a lot of conversation around gender diversity at the workplace. The main findings of a 2019 survey by job portal Monster India offer a glimpse of the yawning gender pay gap in the country: women earned 19% less than men. A March report, published on the World Economic Forum website, says the “pandemic …

No excuse for gender inequality, sexism on IWD 2021, say corporate leaders
3 years, 10 months ago

No excuse for gender inequality, sexism on IWD 2021, say corporate leaders

ABC  

Women across corporate Australia are calling for an end to the ridiculous excuses they hear as to why they should not be promoted or paid the same as men. Lendlease director Nicola Wakefield-Evans says there's too many "egregious examples" of how we treat women disproportionately different. "It's so endemic; so common, and it puts women in terrible position of disadvantage," …

One in four women saw ‘income plummet in last year’
3 years, 10 months ago

One in four women saw ‘income plummet in last year’

The Independent  

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EU to propose that companies report on gender pay gap
3 years, 10 months ago

EU to propose that companies report on gender pay gap

The Hindu  

Companies employing at least 250 people in the European Union will have to start providing data on gender pay gaps under a proposal by the bloc’s executive that comes as studies suggest the COVID-19 pandemic has hit female workers more than men. The gender pay gap differs from 1.4% in Luxembourg to 21.8% in Estonia, according to the European Commission, …

Backlash as ministers vow to ditch focus on ‘fashionable’ fight against inequality
4 years ago

Backlash as ministers vow to ditch focus on ‘fashionable’ fight against inequality

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8.5m women will spend whole career not seeing equal pay, warns Labour Party
4 years, 1 month ago

8.5m women will spend whole career not seeing equal pay, warns Labour Party

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Workplace inequality is at a crossroads this Equal Pay Day
4 years, 1 month ago

Workplace inequality is at a crossroads this Equal Pay Day

CNN  

CNN — Friday, November 20 marks the day women in the United Kingdom effectively stop being paid. According to a report released Friday by the gender equality organization the Fawcett Society, 50% of employed women from the UK’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and 43% of employed white women – compared to 35% of employed white men – say …

Women in Europe will work for free for the rest of the year
4 years, 2 months ago

Women in Europe will work for free for the rest of the year

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Businesses must be handed more support, says CBI boss
4 years, 2 months ago

Businesses must be handed more support, says CBI boss

Daily Mail  

Businesses are facing a 'bleak midwinter' and must be handed more support, the boss of the Confederation of British Industry has warned. As the country prepares for a second lockdown, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn urged the Government to step up mass testing and provide tailored support to beleaguered businesses to prevent Christmas insolvencies. Warning: Dame Carolyn Fairbairn urged the Government to …

Why is Britain failing when it comes to the gender pay gap?
4 years, 2 months ago

Why is Britain failing when it comes to the gender pay gap?

The Independent  

The UK may be the sixth richest country in the world but it substantially lags behind other nations when it comes to tackling the gender pay gap, research suggests. Researchers at King’s College London and Fawcett Society, a leading gender equality charity, last week found the UK takes a uniquely “light-touch approach” to addressing the gender pay gap in the …

Government has ‘taken foot off the pedal’ on tackling gender pay gap despite gulf increasing, Labour MP warns
4 years, 2 months ago

Government has ‘taken foot off the pedal’ on tackling gender pay gap despite gulf increasing, Labour MP warns

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Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government has “taken their foot off the pedal” on tackling the …

UK is ‘unique in its light-touch approach' to tackling gender pay gap, report finds
4 years, 2 months ago

UK is ‘unique in its light-touch approach' to tackling gender pay gap, report finds

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Businesses should be made to publish their ethnicity pay gap, Labour says
4 years, 4 months ago

Businesses should be made to publish their ethnicity pay gap, Labour says

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Black, Asian and minority ethnic workers are paid less on average than their white counterparts, …

How the coronavirus widens the gender pay gap (opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

How the coronavirus widens the gender pay gap (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Scott Torrey is CEO of PayScale, a provider of compensation data and software. Here’s how: According to PayScale’s 2020 Gender Pay Gap Report, women currently make 81 cents for every $1 a man makes. Part of the reason for the uncontrolled gender pay gap is that women are more represented in lower-paying jobs compared to men, who comprise …

Most men think it is possible to balance a career and family life, but not women
4 years, 10 months ago

Most men think it is possible to balance a career and family life, but not women

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It’s not just the glass ceiling that’s holding women back – it’s the sticky floor
4 years, 10 months ago

It’s not just the glass ceiling that’s holding women back – it’s the sticky floor

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