"Women have effectively been working for free for the first month and a half of the year compared to men, said the TUC's general secretary, Paul Nowak. Imagine turning up to work every single day and not getting paid. That's the reality of the gender pay gap. In 2026 that should be unthinkable. With the cost of living still biting hard, women simply can't afford to keep losing out. They deserve their fair share."
"Nowak said the Employment Rights Act, introduced by Labour last year, could help to tackle the gender pay gap and other employment rights problems. He said the legislation was an important step forward for pay parity for women. It will ban exploitative zero-hours contracts, which disproportionately hit women and their pay packets. It will make employers publish action plans for tackling their gender gaps, but these plans must be tough, ambitious and built to deliver real change, otherwise they won't work."
"The gender pay gap may have been underestimated for more than 20 years, according to research released by the British Journal of Industrial Relations in August last year. Researchers found that the Office for National Statistics had failed to properly account for the fact that it received more data from larger employers, when it reported its annual survey of hours and earnings (Ashe)."
Women in the UK currently earn on average £2,548 less annually than men, a 12.8% gap overall. At current rates the gap will close by 2056, roughly 30 years from now. The gap varies by sector, with education showing a 17% shortfall and finance and insurance a 27.2% shortfall. Women effectively work unpaid for the first month and a half of the year compared to men. The Employment Rights Act introduces measures to ban exploitative zero-hours contracts and requires employers to publish action plans to tackle gender pay gaps. Official earnings data may have underestimated the gap for over 20 years.
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