Posted by: Julie McIntosh
on Jan 16, 2013
This edition captures articles on childcare, occupational segregation, and issues related to the gender pay gap and its causes.
Posted by: Julie McIntosh
on Nov 07, 2012
This edition captures articles on equal pay claims, occupational segregation and issues related to the gender pay gap and its causes.
Posted by: Suzanne Motherwell
on Oct 23, 2012
This post captures news relating to the causes of the gender pay gap and equal pay in different countries. This includes issues such as occupational segregation and gender inequality in the labour market.
Posted by: Julie McIntosh
on Oct 02, 2012
This edition captures articles related to the gender pay gap and its causes.
Posted by: Julie McIntosh
on Jul 24, 2012
This edition captures articles related to the gender pay gap and its causes. There is also information about Close the Gap's next event.
Posted by: Julie McIntosh
on Jun 25, 2012
This week's newsround includes articles on occupational segregation, women and work and gender stereotyping.
Posted by: Anna Ritchie
on Jun 08, 2012
Research has revealed that Scotland has the second-worst gender pensions gap in the UK. A report by Prudential has found that women in Scotland can expect to receive more than one-third less than men when they retire, with an average annual income of £10,029 compared with £17,539 for their male counterparts.
Posted by: Julie McIntosh
on May 22, 2012
This week's newsround includes articles on occupational segregation, women and work and gender stereotyping.
Posted by: Emma Ritch
on May 18, 2012
Close the Gap is concerned about the UK Government’s announcement of measures that may dilute existing equalities legislation. ‘Red Tape Challenge’ was a UK Government web-based consultation on current legislation, carried out with the specific aim of reducing so-called bureaucracy, and which attracted comments from the general public as well as from employers, and equalities organisations. Following this exercise, the Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Theresa May, announced yesterday that the government will review the ‘effectiveness’ of the public sector equality duty, and is minded to remove some existing legal protections for employers, and to reduce the role of employment tribunals.
The review, which will take a form that is yet to be announced, will cover the general public sector equality duty and the specific duty. This will have implications for Scotland, as the general duty covers Scotland and Wales as well as England. This review follows hot on the heels of the introduction of the general duty; the specific duties have not yet been implemented in Scotland.
May also announced a proposal to scrap equal pay questionnaires which provide individuals with information that can be used to take forward equal pay grievances and tribunal cases. She also announced the Government’s intention to remove the ability of tribunals to make recommendations to employers about changes to their employment practices. This would remove one of the only measures that tribunals have to address discrimination that is embedded, usually unwittingly, within the pay systems of employers.
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on May 08, 2012
This week's newsround includes articles on equal pay, the underrepresentation of women in IT and flexible working.
