Equal Pay Day: More than one million young women say they have been paid less than male colleagues for same work, research finds
6 years, 2 months ago

Equal Pay Day: More than one million young women say they have been paid less than male colleagues for same work, research finds

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 More than one million young women in Britain say they have been paid less than male colleagues for the equivalent work, new research has found. Young Women’s Trust chief executive, Dr Carole Easton OBE, said: “Women face a gender pay gap from the moment they start work, and it is not budging.” Carrie Gracie on quitting the BBC over equal pay: There is a 'hunger for an equal, fair and transparent pay system' She pointed to research the charity had done which shows young women apprentices earn eight per cent less than their male counterparts, leaving them more than £1,000 a year worse off. "This means valuing women’s work, supporting young women into male-dominated sectors and mandating employers to put in place plans to close pay gaps and pay women fairly for their work. Without action, today’s young women face a lifetime of unequal pay.” The findings come on the eve of Equal Pay Day on Saturday - the day in the year when women effectively start to work for free in comparison to men due to lower pay.

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On Equal Pay Day, here’s how to ask for a payrise (and actually get one)
1 month, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

A few weeks ago, a woman – let’s call her Ava – shared with me that she’d found out her male colleague – let’s call him Bob – is being paid £20,000 more than her. “Equal work” is defined in the law as: “Like work”, where two people are doing the same job “Work rated as equivalent”, where two people …

UK gender pay gap reduces to 7% for 2024, ONS data shows
2 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The gender pay gap for …

High-flying women say they still suffer from same problems in workplace as 30 years ago
3 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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Gender pay gap prompts difficult workplace conversations as businesses and employees seek out solutions
10 months, 2 weeks ago

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

ABC  

It's official, men are paid more than women at many of the country's major companies, including banks, retailers, legal firms and mines, but what is being done to address it? The report, released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency yesterday, shows a gender pay gap across every sector in Australia, exacerbated in industries where there are bonus schemes or a …

Are Women Paid At Par With Men for the Same Job? Centre Begins Survey to 'End Disparity'
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Are Women Paid At Par With Men for the Same Job? Centre Begins Survey to 'End Disparity'

News 18  

An SMS recently popped up on the phones of many which asked for a survey form to be filled up. The Union government has prepared a checklist of companies to find out whether women employees are paid at par with men for the same job being done. According to the International Labour Organization report, 2022, men earned 82 per cent …

Women twice as likely as men to miss statutory sick pay, new figures reveal
11 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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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  

Viva Energy could be one of the 'bloke-iest' companies in Australia; it has a branded motor racing team and sells industrial lubricants and grease. Key points: The gender pay gap of every Australian business with more than 100 people will be published in early 2024 Many companies are working now to reduce the gap between what men and women are …

Closing the gender pay gap: Strategies for equality in the workplace
1 year, 4 months ago

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

Hindustan Times  

However, as long as there is an honest recognition of the issue, and sincere attempts to address them, we will move in the right direction. However, if we need to see substantive on-ground progress when it comes to ensuring gender pay parity – a lot will need to be done on multiple fronts. In India, while there may not be …

Closing the gender pay gap: Strategies for equality in the workplace
1 year, 4 months ago

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

Hindustan Times  

The gender pay parity discussion has been at the centre stage for decades. Some of the oft-articulated reasons include the discrimination women face throughout their employee life cycle; the tendency of women to concentrate on lower-paying occupations like administration; the likelihood of women taking more frequent career breaks due to family responsibilities; and limitations around irregular work hours and flexibility …

BBC gender pay gap widens, annual report shows
1 year, 6 months ago

BBC gender pay gap widens, annual report shows

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Explaining the increased gap, the corporation’s annual report says: “This is mainly due to …

Budget news 2023: We need to talk about the gender pensions gap
1 year, 10 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  

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. The study, shared exclusively with The Independent to mark International Women’s Day, discovered 38 per cent …

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

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 The “lost decade of sluggish wage growth” created by the Conservatives means …

‘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 …

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?

The Independent  

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We can learn a lot from the Superdry age discrimination case
2 years, 6 months ago

We can learn a lot from the Superdry age discrimination case

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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

The Independent  

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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

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’s no secret that there’s a gender health gap between men and …

Call to force large companies to make ethnicity pay gap public
2 years, 11 months ago

Call to force large companies to make ethnicity pay gap public

The Independent  

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

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

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 Almost two-thirds of women in the UK say they believe they are …

Six out of 10 women feel they do not have equality, Woman’s Hour survey finds
3 years, 3 months ago

Six out of 10 women feel they do not have equality, Woman’s Hour survey finds

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. Karen Dalziel, the editor of Woman’s Hour, said the poll’s findings suggest there is “still work …

Pandemic has delayed gender equality in the boardroom by four years, says report
3 years, 6 months ago

Pandemic has delayed gender equality in the boardroom by four years, says report

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 The rate at which women will be appointed to senior roles in …

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

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. Throughout this pandemic, Boris Johnson’s government has run roughshod over Labour’s Equality Act and public sector …

Behaviour change and not just ‘good intentions’ will help men become better advocates of gender equality
3 years, 7 months ago

Behaviour change and not just ‘good intentions’ will help men become better advocates of gender equality

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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 …

There is a way to solve equal pay discrimination. We know because we’ve seen it
3 years, 9 months ago

There is a way to solve equal pay discrimination. We know because we’ve seen it

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Women’s Equal Pay Day serves as …

On International Women’s Day, we must not let a year of Covid reverse decades of progress in gender equality
3 years, 10 months ago

On International Women’s Day, we must not let a year of Covid reverse decades of progress in gender equality

The Independent  

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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  

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 One in four women has seen their income plummet during the last …

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

The Independent  

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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

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. It comes after research from the European Trade Union Confederation recently found the EU’s gender pay …

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

The Independent  

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Women have 'right to know' male colleagues' pay, says Labour's Stella Creasy
4 years, 2 months ago

Women have 'right to know' male colleagues' pay, says Labour's Stella Creasy

Daily Mail  

It has cross-party backing but would need government support to succeed Legislation would allow women to ask to see pay data if they suspect disparity Women in the workplace need to be given a 'right to know' what their male colleagues earn in order to challenge pay discrimination without having to go to an employment tribunal, a Labour MP has …

Next steps for women being paid less than their male colleagues
4 years, 2 months ago

Next steps for women being paid less than their male colleagues

ABC  

As a project manager in mining, Amanda* has a lot of responsibility at work. While she believed women not being valued as much as men was just an "old school mentality" held by few in the industry, Amanda says she recently learned her company shared that attitude. Starting salaries the biggest driver While there are employers guilty of wage theft …

UK is ‘unique in its light-touch approach' to tackling gender pay gap, report finds
4 years, 3 months ago

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

The Independent  

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Companies with female bosses could help ‘the firm bring in 10 times more profit’
4 years, 5 months ago

Companies with female bosses could help ‘the firm bring in 10 times more profit’

The Independent  

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How robots are increasing the gender pay gap
4 years, 5 months ago

How robots are increasing the gender pay gap

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 Robots are increasing the gender pay gap because women are more vulnerable …

Too few women are at the top in government, and it shows in post-coronavirus policy
4 years, 6 months ago

Too few women are at the top in government, and it shows in post-coronavirus policy

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. The government’s response to Covid-19 has created a situation in which women’s economic security, health and …

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

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 More men than women think it is possible to “have it all” …

International Women’s Day: This is why sex workers are striking in London
4 years, 10 months ago

International Women’s Day: This is why sex workers are striking in London

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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. “I’ll be marching to highlight the inadequate working conditions faced by sex workers in this country, …

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

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. Women across the UK are disproportionately stuck in low-paying, insecure and precarious jobs that often pay …

90% of people worldwide found to be biased against women
4 years, 10 months ago

90% of people worldwide found to be biased against women

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 Almost 90 per cent of people are biased against women, according to …

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