Employers have one year to release the data, but we expect those with
low gender pay gaps to publish early.
Education charity Teach First had an impressively
low gender pay gap; women's median hourly rate was only 2.7 per cent lower than men's.
«Britain has
the lowest gender pay gap on record, there are more women in work than ever before, more women - led businesses than ever before and there are now women on every board in the FTSE 100.
Not exact matches
Today's must - read story is by Fortune contributor Heidi Hartmann, an economist, MacArthur Fellow, and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, who reports that the
gender pay gap hit a record
low last year.
The
gender pay -
gap has all but disappeared in
low income households (Gershuny, 2009) where automatically designating the father as breadwinner no longer makes obvious economic sense.
Female unemployment, the
gender pay gap, women on
low incomes becoming poorer... these are all things that impact hugely on boys as well as girls.
But it must be recognised that by exercising their voice, unions have in fact highlighted key issues and achieved important changes around workplace safety, holiday entitlement,
low pay and the
gender pay gap.
«The UK's
gender pay gap is at a record
low, but we are committed to closing it.
This is compared to the UK's national
gender pay gap of 18.1 per cent which is the
lowest since records began in 1997.
But, despite this, this is an industry that many are still surprised to see women in and although the
gender pay gap is closing steadily and is
lower in this industry than the general
pay gap, it is still there.
Speaking on Monday at the Wealth Management Association, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, who is also Minister for Women and Equalities, linked the
low number of girls studying technical subjects and the
gender pay gap.
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.
Firm announces 13.9 %
pay gap as Manchester support centre helps bring
lowest paid rank close to
gender parity
People Management discuss the recent findings from the
gender pay gap publications, and what needs to be done to
lower the
gap, which favoured men in 78 % of cases.
Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the second magic circle firm to reveal its
gender pay gap data, with the firm's report providing more hard evidence of the disproportionate number of women in
lower -
paid roles at large law firms.
The Canadian
gender wage
gap is twice the global average, patterns of job segregation by sex remain unchanged with women concentrated in traditionally female and
lower -
paying jobs, and women are disproportionately represented in part - time, precarious work.
The
gender pay gap is now at a record
low of 18.1 per cent and the online tool will show the
gender pay gap by profession, so that the public can see how their job measures up against the national average.
With average
pay for full time female employees in the UK 9.4 per cent
lower than male workers, the anomaly of driving instructors stands out in an era dominated by the
gender pay gap.
Low - wage jobs and the
gender pay gap undermine the well - being of women, their families, and their communities.