The difficulty encountered by the ONS in seeking to explain
the national gender pay gap, despite the raft of data it has available to it, highlights the nature of the challenge employers face.
The resulting report «Understanding the gender pay gap in the UK» makes interesting reading for those keen to understand just how far
the national gender pay gap reflects factors that can be explained in gender neutral terms.
Of course this also means that almost 64 % of
the national gender pay gap can not be explained by any of these factors.
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.
Not exact matches
On a
national scale, leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and California Senator Kamala Harris are trying to address the issue of
gender inequality, including efforts to close the
pay gap.
Expert Market, a U.K. - based product comparison site, calculated the
pay gap between
genders in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., using wage data from the
National Women's Law Centre.
This map, created by labor and employment - focused law firm Fisher Phillips, highlights legislative differences between states by showing which ones have
gender - specific
pay protections,
gender - specific protections as well as protections for other categories (such as race, religion or
national origin), or no state - specific
pay equity laws at all.
While Lyft's attempt to raise awareness about the
gender wage gap echoes similar corporate moves that capitalize on these
national awareness days, the company has recently doubled down on efforts to fix its own
pay parity issues.
The figures published provide a breakdown of
pay by
gender for staff of the
National Church Institutions (NCIs) and do not cover clergy ministering across the 42 dioceses of the Church of England.
Following an election that had one of the largest
gender gaps in history, women are more likely than men to say they are
paying increased attention to politics, according to the latest
national survey by Pew Research Center.
The Office of
National Statistics (ONS) annual salary report showed the
gender pay gap increased from 9.5 % in 2012 to ten per cent in 2013.
«Our economy has already lost 3 - point - 3 Billion dollars because of caregivers who have had to leave their jobs because they needed access to
paid leave but still needed to look after their family... the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act would establish a
national,
gender - neutral
paid family and medical leave insurance program.
He and other members of the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women commemorated
National Equal
Pay Day by sharing some sobering income data and calling for an end to gender - based pay inequiti
Pay Day by sharing some sobering income data and calling for an end to
gender - based
pay inequiti
pay inequities.
Collaborating with groups like the
National Postdoctoral Association, which works on establishing living wages and
paid maternity and paternity leave for postdocs, among other issues, could help make child rearing both financially possible and more
gender equitable.
Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the
National Education Union, said: «The government statistics illustrate the
gender pay gap in teaching.
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The finding, from a new Law Society study of solicitors» salaries in 2012, compares badly with the
national picture: the law's gender pay gap is well over double the 9.6 % difference between men and women's pay across the UK as a whole, as reported by the Office for National Sta
national picture: the law's
gender pay gap is well over double the 9.6 % difference between men and women's
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Check out the
National Association of Legal Search Consultant «s latest Newsletter which includes industry news as well as Ken Young's Presidents Message and Barbara Mayden's contributing article co-written with Valerie Fontaine on «Why is there a
Gender Pay Gap in Law?»
Matrix Chambers is representing the
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in a group complaint relating to the BBC's
gender pay gap, as it emerges that former BBC News China editor Carrie Gracie is among at least 10 senior female employees being advised by Mishcon de Reya.
The online tool, created by the government and the Office for
National Statistics, shows construction and building trades, and financial managers and directors have the highest
gender pay gaps.
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.
Her writing emphasizes complex social issues impacting women such as mothers in poverty,
pay equity,
gender equity,
national childcare, domestic violence, women forced into prostitution, and the missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada.
The Government's response to the consultation on Closing the
Gender Pay Gap based on an inquiry by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission mentions that the current
national average bonus gap is 57 %.
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