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Close the Gap newsround (29)
This edition for July captures articles related to the gender pay gap and its causes, including pay discrimination and occupational segregation.
Close the Gap newsround (28)
Catch up on gender pay gap news that you might have missed during June.
Close the Gap newsround (26)
This edition captures articles on childcare, occupational segregation, and issues related to the gender pay gap and its causes.
New flat-rate pension will have mixed effect on women
The UK Government has announced that a new, simpler, flat-rate pension will be introduced from April 2017. Women are being held up as one of the main beneficiaries by the government but it is far from clear whether this is actually the case.
Close the Gap newsround (25)
This edition captures articles on equal pay claims, occupational segregation and issues related to the gender pay gap and its causes.
Close the Gap newsround (24)
This edition captures articles related to the gender pay gap and its causes.
Close the Gap newsround (23)
This edition captures articles related to the gender pay gap and its causes. There is also information about Close the Gap's next event.
Close the Gap newsround (22)
This week's newsround includes articles on occupational segregation, women and work and gender stereotyping.
Close the Gap newsround (21)
This week's newsround includes articles on occupational segregation, women and work and gender stereotyping.
Close the Gap concerned about dilution of equalities law
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.
Close the Gap newsround (20)
This week's newsround includes articles on equal pay, the underrepresentation of women in IT and flexible working.
Close the Gap newsround (19)
This week's newsround includes articles on the pay gap in media professions and a summit on women's employment Scotland.
February 24: Work Your Proper Hours Day
Feb 24 is Work Your Proper Hours Day. This date is when the average worker in the UK who does unpaid overtime finishes the unpaid days they do every year and starts working for themselves.
Close the Gap newsround (12)
This week's newsround includes articles on occupational segregation and gender stereotyping.
Close the Gap newsround (11)
This week's newsround includes articles on occupational segregation, gender stereotyping and equal pay.
The Childcare Problem
An increasing number of women are being forced to give up their jobs or reduce their hours because of the high cost of childcare, with long term effects on women’s career prospects. The average cost of full-time childcare is currently £385 a month but this rises to £729 for children under the age of two. Child tax credits are being cut while the cost of childcare increases, and those trying to buy childcare find provision patchy in both availability and quality.
Close the Gap newsround (10)
This weeks newsround includes articles from The Scotsman, the Guardian and others. Topics include occupational segregation, gender stereotyping and equal pay.
Close the Gap newsround (9)
This weeks newsround includes articles from the Herald, The Guardian and others. Topics include occupational segregation, gender stereotyping and equal pay.
Pay, incentives, gender, and the case of the RBS Chief Executive
The subject of Stephen Hester’s bonus has been exercising commentators on politics, business, and labour relations. It has variously been framed as an issue of Stephen Hester’s honour, as a skirmish in the global war for talent, and of the awkward symbolism of one man receiving so much from the publically-owned pay pot while public sector pay freezes bite for other workers.
Close the Gap Newsround (8)
This weeks newsround includes articles from the Herald Scotland, The Guardian and others. Topics include occupational segregation, gender stereotyping and poverty.
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