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19 November 2015

Women are working 8 weeks a year for free, compared with their male counterparts

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19 November 2015

Women are working 8 weeks a year for free, compared with their male counterparts

Although the Equal Pay Act was introduced over 40 years ago, recent research still shows woman are earning over 15% less than men. 

Despite the introduction of the Equal Pay Act in 1970, an era of political and economic liberty of women and the same decade in which the first and only female British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was elected, it seems that 40 years on it has still not taken full effect in the world of business. 

The average annual salary in the UK is £26,500 yet figures have revealed that women in full-time employment are still earning, on average, 16% less than their equivalent full-time male counterparts.  Over the course of a lifetime, a woman would have to work over 9 years’ longer than a man just to achieve the same level of income. 

At executive level, the problem seems even more evident with one in every seven men earning £50,000 a year or more, compared with a mere one in 15 women.
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“If correct, the statistics that are being quoted are very worrying indeed.  It means that over the course of a year, women are effectively working for free for 8 weeks, compared to their male counterparts carrying out the same job.

It is common knowledge that more low-paying jobs, such as cleaning, caring or non-skilled administrative jobs, are performed by women than men.  I think raising the minimum wage is therefore likely to benefit more women and help plug the gap. However, the trend seems to continue and actually get worse higher up the pay scale.

Employers need to be very careful that their pay policies are not discriminatory. Women should not be overlooked for promotion or offered a lower salary simply because they have family or care commitments.  

In my experience, employers do make innocent mistakes, but mistakes nonetheless. For example, a male candidate at interview may be more willing to negotiate a higher salary than a female.  However, an employer needs to consider the fact that women are under more pressure to accept a lower wage because they feel they are not given a fair chance and the statistics seem to support this.”

This is not legal advice; it is intended to provide information of general interest about current legal issues.

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