Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, the male -
female salary gap has narrowed in many occupations.
Not exact matches
«If you look at the numbers and see big disparities, that's a red flag,» Chaudhry said of the
salary gaps between male and
female coaches.
In a
salary analysis that looked at the earnings of more than 14,000 graduate business school alumni, GMAC found that
female alumni experience a significant wage
gap throughout their careers.
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton joined Public Advocate Letitia James for an event promoting legislation that would ban employers from asking job applicants about their
salary history — a measure they argued would advance gender equity and close the male -
female wage
gap.
A
salary gap by gender is especially important in nursing because this profession is the largest in health care and is predominantly
female, affecting approximately 2.5 million women.
Jonathan Morris, the trust's CEO, said the gender pay
gap was «merely a statistical measure» and claimed SLT's figures were influenced by its small size, and that it directly employs a large number of
female catering staff and learning support assistants, who attract lower
salaries.
She told Lawyer Monthly: «The news that
female presenters are now considering legal action following the BBC's publication of
salary information is unsurprising given the
gap revealed.
The
gaps in
salary are up to # 180,000 in some cases, and overall males were paid up to four times the amount of
females each year.
A new Law Society study reveals male solicitors»
salaries far outstrip those of their
female counterparts — so why does the gender pay
gap still exist, and are law firms doing enough to tackle it?
This was not as bad as the
gap between
female and male lawyers, where women earned a median of $ 93,600, just 77.8 percent of the median
salary for men of $ 120,400.
Previously, the Court's decisions had held that an employee's past
salary was a «factor other than sex» that employers could use to justify pay
gaps between male and
female employees.
Female workers will struggle to close the current gender pay
gap of 20.2 % unless they become more proactive in negotiating
salary increases with their bosses, claims an expert.