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For employers
Taking action to close the gender pay gap in your organisation could boost productivity and protect the business from costly tribunal claims.
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For policymakers
Ensuring that your policies, programmes and services consider the needs of women and men will advance gender equality.
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For union reps
As a workplace rep, you have an important role to play in promoting equality for women and men.
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For individuals
Equal pay makes a difference to working men and women. You can help to make your workplace fair and flexible.
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Latest publications
Public sector equality duty: A toolkit for trade union reps
This toolkit is designed to give trade union reps an understanding of the public sector equality duty as it relates to gender and employment.
Close the Gap Working Paper 17: Gender Pay Gap Statistics
Response to consultation on the draft Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill
From our blog
Five highlights from the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee's inquiry into the pay gap Yesterday, Close the Gap welcomed the report of the Scottish Parliament Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee inquiry into the gender pay gap. The report No Small Change: The economic potential of closing the pay gap makes 45 recommendations, a number of which are refreshingly bold, to Scottish Government, its agencies, and employers. That the Committee undertook the inquiry is progress itself as the pay gap has hitherto been seen as the purview of equality committees. Increasingly though, the economic case for women's equality is gaining global traction. In 2016, Close the Gap published research which found that equalising men's and women's employment could be worth £17bn to Scotland's economy. The committee led with this figure for the comms around their report.
Close the Gap launches new Think Business Think Equality test on Pregnancy and Maternity
Are you a BME women? We want to hear about your experiences of work in Scotland.
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