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Women's Work' Powers the EconomyAnd Has Always Been Undervalued

Gender pay gap still exists, with women making 84 cents for every dollar men earn.

Exhibition at New-York Historical Society challenges stereotypes around women's work. [ more ]

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4 months ago

Lesbians may earn more because they don't have to put up with men

Lesbians may earn more than straight women due to a more equal division of domestic work.

Factors such as the gender pay gap and LGBTQ+ discrimination can affect queer women's earnings. [ more ]

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MPs call for ban on non-disclosure cover-ups' for sexual harassment cases

Non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases should be banned in the City of London.

Stronger protection for whistleblowers and transparency in salary histories are needed in the financial sector. [ more ]

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Gender pay gap widens dramatically' after women have children TUC

The gender pay gap is almost 15%, and widens dramatically after women have children, according to new research.The TUC said its study suggested that the average woman in paid employment effectively works for free for nearly two months of the year compared to the average man.The gender pay gap means that working women must wait 54 days before they stop working for free, said the union organisation.

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Gender pay gap grows dramatically' after women have children

The gender pay gap grows dramatically wider after women have children, a damning new study has found.Research, carried out by the Trades Union Congress, has suggested the gender pay gap is almost 15 per cent.The union's research stated the average working woman essentially spends almost two months of her year working for free when compared to her male counterpart.

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10 months ago

Campaigners call on Government to extend paid paternity leave to six weeks

Campaigners are calling on the Government to extend paid paternity leave from two to six weeks in the UK after research found it could reduce the gender pay gap.A report from the Centre for Progressive Policy think tank (CPP) and charity Pregnant Then Screwed (PTS) analysed Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data to explore the economic and health impacts of extending the statutory entitlement to paternity leave and pay.

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UK women priced out of work by lack of affordable childcare, PwC finds

Women in Britain are being priced out of work and suffering from a growing gender pay gap as the result of a lack of affordable child care, a new report has found.With the chancellor thought to be looking at ways of boosting employment in next week's package, a survey by the consultancy group PwC found the UK slipping down the international league table for women in work.

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UK gender pay gap widens as childcare costs worsen motherhood penalty'

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The UK's gender pay gap has widened as sharp increases in the cost of childcare have priced many women out of work, according to a report.The nation's average pay gap widened by 2.4 percentage points to 14.4 per cent in 2021, accountancy giant PwC found in its Women in Work index.

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UK gender pay gap widens as childcare costs worsen motherhood penalty'

The UK's gender pay gap has widened as sharp increases in the cost of childcare has worsened a motherhood penalty, pricing many women out of work altogether, according to a new report.The nation's average pay gap widened by 2.4 percentage points to 14.4% in 2021, accountancy giant PwC found in its Women in Work index.

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UK politics

Unions brand bid to exempt firms with up 500 staff from new rules 'reckless'

Ministers are seeking to exempt firms with up to 500 staff from new regulations with unions warning that they could soon be spared from reporting on gender pay gaps and executive pay ratios in a "cynical and reckless" move.

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Gender pay gap for women in their 50s won't close before 2050, claims Labour

The so-called equal pay generation of female workers born near the passing of the 1970 Equal Pay Act are unlikely to see the gap close during their working lives, a Labour analysis has shown.Research carried out for Anneliese Dodds, the shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, calculated that such is the slow rate of change with equal pay for women in their 50s, the gender pay gap will not close before 2050 at the current trajectory.

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It's Equal Pay Day. The gender pay gap has hardly budged in 20 years. What gives?

Women earn about 82 cents for every dollar men make, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.That means on March 14, women's pay catches up to what men made in 2022.Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Tuesday is Equal Pay Day: March 14th represents how far into the year women have had to work to catch up to what their male colleagues earned the previous year.

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Graphic design

3 wildly inappropriate International Women's Day campaigns

Ah, International Women's Day, the day when businesses all abolish their gender pay gap, childcare becomes free and women everywhere get to take the day off.Oh.No. Hang on.It's the day where brands and businesses make empty gestures pretending that they care about #equality and men around the world complain about not having an International Men's Day (they do, it's in November).

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UK politics

Labour to launch review to go further and faster' in closing gender pay gap

Labour is launching a review of the gender pay gap to help the party go further and faster on eradicating the problem, as part of its plan to boost growth if it makes it into government.The former Trades Union Congress (TUC) chief Frances O'Grady, a Labour peer, has been asked to lead the review amid concerns that under current trends it could take until 2044 to bring pay for men and women into line.

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11 months ago

Relationships

Making the Invisible Visible - The Gottman Institute

"Teamwork makes the dreamwork" - John C. Maxwell
When I first had children, like so many mothers in this patriarchal society, I tried to do it all.I thought it was a sign of a "good mother" to be with my children all the time or at least as much as humanly possible.I rarely took time for myself and noticed growing resentment and increasing irritability.

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11 months ago

Labour's Rachel Reeves deletes tweet in row over business flight to New York

Labour's Rachel Reeves has been branded a hypocrite for taking a business class British Airways flight to New York.The shadow chancellor, who is visiting the US to promote Labour's economic plans, sat in a luxury seat costing around 4,000.Ms Reeves posted a picture of her ticket on Sunday alongside a promise that Labour will restore our economic dignity at home and abroad.

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Britain should be embarrassed' it hasn't had female chancellor, Rachel Reeves says

Britain should be embarrassed it has never had a female chancellor, the woman lined up to take the role for the first time has said.Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also insists she wants to smash glass ceilings and end the gender pay gap, in an interview with The Independent.Unlike other countries, in 800 years the UK never had a woman serve as chancellor, Ms Reeves said.

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Ex-BBC governor's call for Lineker to be replaced with woman for half price condemned

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email An ex-BBC governor's call for Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright to be fired from Match of the Day and replaced with women at half the price has been condemned by Labour MPs.

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Rishi Sunak's cabinet office has largest gender pay gap of all government departments

Rishi Sunak's cabinet office has the heftiest gender pay gap of all government departments, new figures reveal.The gap between the earnings of male and female staff in the department rose by more than two-thirds from April 2021 to March 2022 - increasing from 9.8 to 16.6 per cent, according to a new government report.

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Rishi Sunak's cabinet office has largest gender pay gap of all government departments

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Deeply disappointing' gender pay gap has hardly changed, leading charity says

It is deeply disappointing the gender pay gap has scarcely narrowed in recent years, the UK's leading gender equality charity has warned.Fawcett Society, who analysed the latest data from the Office for National Statistics, said the mean hourly gender pay gap for full-time workers is currently 11.3 per cent, while it was 11.9 per cent last year, and 10.6 per cent in 2020.

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How much women get paid compared to men working for south east London councils

The data for 2021 2022 revealed that two south east London councils had a higher average hourly rate for men compared to women.However, two other south east London councils were shown to have a higher average hourly pay for women compared to men.Here's everything you need to know with our interactive map: Bromley Bromley Council has the highest difference in hourly pay between men and women.

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South east London women will work three weeks or more for free due to gender pay gap

Women living in south east London will effectively work three weeks or more for free this year due to the gender pay gap, figures suggest.Women's rights charity the Fawcett Society said progress in reducing the gender pay gap is too slow and called on the Government to introduce measures to help women into higher-paying work, especially during the cost-of-living crisis.

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More women working in finance in 1997 than in 2022, figures show

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The boss of the London Stock Exchange has said gender diversity is not a side-of-the-desk exercise, as stark new figures show that there were nearly 200,000 more women working in the UK's finance sector in 1997 than there are today.

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Urgent measures' needed to close gender pay gap report

Urgent measures are needed by employers and the government to close the gender pay gap, according to a new report.The Fawcett Society said women face double trouble because of the combined impact of the cost-of-living crisis and the difference in their pay compared with men.The campaign group said its research showed that during 2022 women will, on average, take home 564 less than men each month, up from 536 in 2021.

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BBC celebrates 100 years of broadcasting to the nation

The BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting to the nation with a plethora of special programming and commemorative events.

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The sheer joy of Jamie Lee Curtis cheering Michelle Yeoh sets a new bar for female best-friendship | Zoe Williams

Everyone likes a photo of Jamie Lee Curtis because everyone likes Jamie Lee Curtis, but the moment caught at the Golden Globes on Tuesday was something else.Combining the razzle-dazzle of the red carpet with the raw emotionality of war photography, the shot captures the moment when Michelle Yeoh wins best actress (comedy/ musical) for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

the Guardian

Why can't women in the UK afford to buy their own houses? We ask an expert

t is well known that the UK's astronomic property prices have locked many people out of home ownership - especially if you're single.

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the Guardian

UK childcare is collapsing - and forcing mothers back into the home | Lucy Pasha-Robinson

othing can prepare you for the birth of your first child - the joy, the horror, the total discombobulation, but also the humbling awareness of just how little you knew about the realities of raising children.

The Independent

Action needed on gender pensions gap - TUC

Unions are stepping up calls to tackle the "huge problem" of the gender pension gap after a study suggested that in many industries women have workplace pensions worth less than a fifth of male colleagues.

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World news

Woman face 'whopping pensions gap' in Great Britain, says TUC

Unions have called on the government to take urgent action to fix a "whopping pensions gap", as research showed women working in many industries have half the retirement savings of men.

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Tribunal Refuses Female BBC Journalists Equal Pay Claim As Date Set For Discrimination Complaint Hearing

The London Central Employment Tribunal ruled against four female BBC journalists including Martine Croxall in their equal pay claims. [ more ]

Time Out London

London

London is getting the UK's first 'women's only' tower block

It will house women who were victims of domestic violence

London has been pretty good at doing its bit to dismantle the patriarchy.Last week a new women's museum was announced, and now we're getting the UK's first ever 'women's only' tower block.The 102 flats will be built in Ealing, west London by a housing association founded as part of the suffragette movement in 1920.

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Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

1 week ago

Your Comfort Is Killing Me: The Toll of Unseen-and Unpaid-Emotional Labor - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Workplace harm can result from lack of psychological safety, including discrimination, harassment, bullying, microaggressions, and racial gaslighting. [ more ]

Smartasset

Women Make Up to 37% Less Than Men in Some U.S. Counties - 2024 Study

Women in Prince George's County, MD, earn slightly more than men.

Wyoming, Utah, Louisiana, Alabama, and West Virginia have the widest gender pay gaps in the United States. [ more ]

Forbes

3 Reasons Women Are Reentering The Workforce At A Record Pace

Women lead labor force rebound post-pandemic

Gender pay gap narrows as women's workforce participation rises [ more ]

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Equal education, unequal pay: Why is there still a gender pay gap in 2024?

Women make about 71 cents on the dollar compared with men at the same education level.

Factors like field of study and hours worked contribute to the pay gap but don't explain all of it. [ more ]

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These are the cities with the largest gender pay gaps

Equal Pay Day highlights gender pay gaps.

Cities like Frisco, Texas, and Irvine, California, have significant disparities in earnings. [ more ]

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California has 2nd-smallest wage gap between women and men in US

California women have a relatively small gender pay gap compared to the national average.

Women in California earn 16% above the national average income for women. [ more ]

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Brooklyn

Paving the way: 'Resilient' art exhibit at Brooklyn Federal Courthouse features all women artists * Brooklyn Paper

The art show 'Resilience in Color and Form' honors female artists for Women's History Month at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse.

The National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) showcases diverse works in various mediums to express the resilience and leadership of women. [ more ]

MarTech

Marketing tech

MarTech Salary and Career Survey: More promotions and more layoffs | MarTech

Salaries for martech professionals are good, with faster promotions but also faster layoffs.

Gender pay gap persists in martech, with women below the C-suite level earning 35% less than men. [ more ]

Forbes

Artificial intelligence

The Persistence Of The Gender Pay Gap, SXSW Goes All In On AI And More

Organizations observed Equal Pay Day in different ways like Airbnb's pay range disclosure. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission introduced an informative pay data dashboard. [ more ]

The Mercury News

California has 2nd-smallest wage gap between women and men in US

California women have a relatively small gender pay gap compared to other states.

California women's incomes are higher than the national average, contributing to the smaller pay gap. [ more ]

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Canada news

Thousands of Aussie companies reveal gender pay gaps

Employers warned about gender pay gaps

Link between women in leadership roles and lower pay discrepancies [ more ]

Forbes

Gender Pay Gap Persists And Women Are Taxed For Remote Work, Study Finds

The gender pay gap persists with women earning less than men on average; mothers are penalized while fathers are rewarded in the workplace; there is an additional pay tax for women who work remotely. [ more ]

Harvard Business Review

Business

A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps

David Anderson and Margret Vilborg Bjarnadottir are cofounders of PayAnalytics, a software startup that helps companies measure and address pay gaps.

David Gaddis Ross is an expert in gender issues in top management and has experience in mergers and acquisitions and restructuring. [ more ]

Washington Post

Business

Analysis | Working Moms' Winter Math Is Getting Tougher

The expected "tripledemic" - a concurrent winter surge in Covid, flu and respiratory syncytial virus infections - promises to be tough on everyone.But spare a thought for the millions of working mothers who remain disproportionately responsible for raising children, and who must make room for the tripledemic in their careers.

London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

The top 10 jobs where women can earn more than men

Top jobs where women earn more than men: community and civil enforcement occupations, welfare professionals, biological scientists, hire services managers and proprietors, personal assistants and other secretaries.

The gender pay gap still exists, but there are certain job roles where women can earn more than men. [ more ]

Silicon Canals

Software development

Good news: new report shows no gender pay gap at executive level in European tech

Despite conversations about DE&I, the gender pay gap remains persistent and largely unchanged.

At the executive level in European tech, there is no gender pay gap. [ more ]

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Gender pay gap in Germany: Women earn 18% less than men DW 01/18/2024

In 2023, women in Germany earned on average 18% less than men, with an adjusted gap of 6%.

Women's earnings stagnate from the age of 30 due to career interruptions for family reasons and part-time work. [ more ]

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4 months ago

Parenting

We barely make ends meet': In Italy, some women are postponing motherhood

Low salaries, precarious employment, and poor childcare options are holding women back from starting families in Italy.

Italy has the lowest female employment rate in the European Union and a steep gender pay gap. [ more ]

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11 months ago

Parenting

The best childcare in the world? Maybe so, but new parents in Iceland are holding out for better

In a bright, bunting-filled community hall in central Reykjavik, Eggert Arason bounces his 17-month-old son, Mosi, on his lap as they sing the Icelandic version of Row Your Boat, accompanied by an acoustic guitar.It's mid-morning on a Thursday, and Arason is not the only dad who is off work to attend the council-funded playgroup.

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Gender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over will not close till they are pensioners'

UK women aged 40 and older will not see the gender pay gap close until after they reach state pension age.

Flexible working must become the norm in high-quality, high-paid jobs to address the gender pay gap. [ more ]

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Gender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over will not close till they are pensioners'

UK women aged 40 and older will not see the gender pay gap close until after they reach state pension age.

Flexible working must become the norm in high-quality, high-paid jobs to address the gender pay gap. [ more ]

www.fastcompany.com

These 10 jobs pay the most. Women are underrepresented in 9 of them

Women are underrepresented in nine out of 10 of the top paying jobs, with the exception of pharmacists.

Engineering and piloting still have low representation of women in the workforce.

The pipeline for women in high-paying occupations is improving, with more women gaining advanced degrees. [ more ]

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These 10 jobs pay the most. Women are underrepresented in 9 of them

Women are underrepresented in nine out of 10 of the top paying jobs, with the exception of pharmacists.

Engineering and piloting still have low representation of women in the workforce.

The pipeline for women in high-paying occupations is improving, with more women gaining advanced degrees. [ more ]

London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Majority of UK job roles still pay men more than women

78% of full-time job roles in the UK have a gender pay gap in favor of men.

Over a quarter of occupations pay men at least 10% more per hour on average.

Years of efforts to reduce gender pay disparities have not resulted in significant change. [ more ]

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Toronto

'We are being ignored:' Older women struggle with rising cost of housing | CBC News

Katherine Goodes has always enjoyed her own company, but at the age of 67 she's going to be moving in with three strangers to help make ends meet.Goodes, who has worked for decades as an editor in the education sector, doesn't have significant savings, her monthly government support cheques barely cover the rent on her apartment in Oshawa and she has no prospect of retiring unless she finds a way to reduce her basic expenses.

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Europe news

Brittney Griner says she's 'never going overseas' again after her detention

During a press conference in Phoenix on Thursday, Brittney Griner told reporters she wasn't planning to play overseas again unless she was invited to the Olympics.Christian Petersen/Getty Images Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who spent 10 months in Russian detention, said her days of playing in international leagues are over.

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Japan pledges to have women in third of top boardroom roles by 2030

Japan's prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he wants almost a third of executive positions at the country's top companies to be occupied by women by the end of the decade.In an apparent attempt to address Japan's poor record on gender equality ahead of the G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima next month, Kishida said more boardroom diversity would boost the world's third-biggest economy.

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UK politics

When it comes to pensions, Britain's women are still a long way from equality. Why? | Ros Altmann

In 21st-century Britain, there is still a shocking gap between men's and women's pensions.While public discourse has been dominated by the gender pay gap, which has been almost eliminated for women under the age of 40, women remain the poor relations when it comes to financial security in later life.

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Yes, women have to work until March 14 to earn as much money as men did the previous year

Equal Pay Day, which raises awareness about the gender pay gap in the United States, falls on March 14 in 2023.Advocacy organizations say the day symbolizes how far into a new year a woman must work to earn what a man did in the previous year.VERIFY looked at the data to see how yearly pay compares between men and women.

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Design

Morphogenesis creates stone-clad skincare factory in Himalayan foothills

Indian architecture studio Morphogenesis referenced traditional housing when creating this stone-covered skincare factory in the village of Lodsi in India.The 929-square-metre building provides production facilities for the skincare brand Forest Essentials, replacing its old facility on the same site in the Himalayan foothills.

Yahoo Finance

Remote teams

Remote work: Are 'hush trips' risky but worth it?

Being able to work remotely comes with many perks.You can skip the morning commute, spend more time with family and friends and spend your lunch break unwinding, rather than inhaling a supermarket sandwich at your desk.The office nine-to-five is becoming a thing of the past.Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people flexibly has increased dramatically, with three-quarters of organisations now offering hybrid working arrangements.

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France news

We can defeat Macron': Why women's anger is fuelling French pension protests

ON THE GROUND Protesters dressed as feminist icon Rosie the Riveter rally against the French government's planned pension reform in Paris on March 7, 2023.Benjamin Dodman, FRANCE 24 Huge crowds marched across France on Tuesday in a sixth round of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age, signalling continued opposition to a controversial reform that polls say up two three-quarters of French women reject.

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We don't need discount vouchers for International Women's Day. We need equal rights | Nilanjana Bhowmick

Brands wanting to appreciate women are offering discounts on clothes and makeup, and celebrities are urging women to use the day to pamper themselves.In India, International Women's Day has been captured by commerce.No amount of discounts or offers are enough to appreciate women.However, here's our little effort in making them feel ultra-special up to 50% off all our products until Women's Day, read yet another of many such messages in my inbox last week.

SWITCH

The ethnicity pay gap | SWITCH

We see in many organisations a rich and diverse population within the workforce at junior levels but then depleting numbers as you move up in seniority.😕
I find the conversation around pay gaps so interesting; it was only a few years ago, after a conversation with reward specialist and good friend Ruth, that I even realised the difference between pay gaps and equal pay.

www.independent.co.uk

At least half of UK's Black staff affected by racial pay gap, new research indicates

Almost half of Black workers in Britain (43 per cent) have personally experienced a pay gap because of their race or think this pay inequality exists in their current workplace, according to new polling data.

TNW | House-Of-Talent

Web development

These are the average salaries for software developers in Germany in 2022

Last year we brought you our first comprehensive breakdown of developer salaries in Germany.

LGBTQ Nation

LGBTQ women make dramatically less money on average than men

In unsurprising news, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation issued a study and shared its findings with the public regarding how much money LGBTQ women make compared to all men, and what they found is women made less.

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