More equal than others
28 August 2012
Your business, and perhaps you personally, could benefit from an equal pay review – and it will help you keep within the law. Here’s how employers can go about it…
Women have made huge strides in some parts of the labour market. All the same, more than 30 years after the Equal Pay Act was passed, women working full time still earn on average 18 per cent less per hour than men (40 per cent less if they work part time). Why hasn’t this revolutionary piece of legislation closed the earnings gap? And what can employers do to make...