Gender Equality
Call for gender pay action plans to be mandatory
Make action plans mandatory, says EHRC
EHRC issues a call for mandatory publishing of action plans to address gender pay gaps. read more
Gender Equality
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Gender Equality
Ban coming for ads depicting ‘harmful’ gender stereotypes
Adverts showing harmful 'gender' stereotypes will be banned from next year. read more
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Top 10 roles where women earn more than men
Where women earn more than men
The Office for National Statistics estimates that across all roles surveyed, there was an... read more
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A manifesto for change
“It is clear that work is working against women, even the most successful,” says... read more
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Getting women to the top in technology
FDM Group won this year's Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Award for Career Progression and... read more
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Gender pay gap: How effective are ambitious targets?
Are high targets a good way to tackle the gender pay gap?
Now that all organisations with more than 250 employees are required by law to report on... read more
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Study shows female vets still face discrimination
Female vets 'still face discrimination'
Female vets still face discrimination, and people in the veterinary profession who think... read more
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‘Gender pay audits should be subsumed into a Fair Pay Report’
Report calls for action on fair pay across the board
Gender pay audits have been a success and should be extended to other areas and to SMEs,... read more
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Five FTSE 350 boards still all male, says report
Report on women on boards urges more action
FTSE 350 companies urged to do more to get more women on boards. read more
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‘One in three don’t know pay discrimination is illegal’
One third unaware pay discrimination is illegal
Six out of 10 workers say they would be uncomfortable asking a colleague how much they... read more
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‘Female managers work for free for three months’
Female managers across the UK are working for free for over three months a year, according... read more
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Research highlights gender commuting gap
Men undertake almost two-thirds of commutes lasting more than an hour, according to new... read more
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Women in Antarctica: tracing their integration into a male-dominated environment
How have women integrated into everyday life in Antarctica over the past decades? What... read more
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‘Women face barriers to becoming MPs at every stage’
Women face obstacles at every stage on the way to Parliament, particularly from... read more
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A guide to the law on equal pay
Next Saturday [10th] is Equal Pay Day, the day when women effectively work for free due to... read more
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Google workers stage walkout against harassment and discrimination
Google employees around the world have staged a walkout in protest over reports of sexual... read more
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Social activist movements ‘shifting power dynamics at work’
Heightened social activism and employment trends have resulted in employees reconsidering... read more
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Report calls for action to close digital gender gap
Governments should set national digital strategies that actively aim to close the gender... read more
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Bridging the gender divide
How can we bridge the gender divide? An event on Wednesday at this year’s Cambridge... read more
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Gender pay gap falls 0.5% for full-timers
The average gender pay gap for full-time workers stands at 8.6% – its lowest level... read more
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Reduced access to justice and other backward moves noted in equality report
Alarming reductions in access to justice, increasing child poverty and a weakened safety... read more
