On International Women’s Day, Punter Southall Aspire calls on companies to help close the pensions gap for women
On International Women’s Day (8th March), Punter Southall Aspire, a specialist in workplace savings, pensions and retirement planning, is urging employers to do more to support the financial wellbeing of their female employees as a new report from Insuring Women’s…
A year in reflection: International Women’s Day 2020
Liz Walker, Commercial Director at Distinctly, reflects on the successes and failures for women in 2019. Like any year, 2019 was a mixture of successes and failures for women’s rights. This is true whether we are talking about the rights…
Apprentice Pay: Survey reveals Gender Pay Gap and Minimum Wage Avoidance
The Government’s Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2018 to 2019, released on 10 January, makes for a depressing read, with nearly a fifth (19%) of employers in England failing to pay apprentices the minimum wage for apprentices in stages 2 and 3. …
Can we close the gender pay gap in 2020?
New research from Starling reveals that the gender pay gap was present in 2019 across all but one industry– skilled agricultural workers, such as senior farmers and landscape designers. The remaining 25 industries analysed revealed men to be consistently occupying more…
Three-fifths of organisations not prepared for executive pay gap reporting
Three-fifths of UK organisations are still not ready to report their executive pay gap almost twelve months after the legislation came into force, reveals a new Twitter poll by leading HR and Payroll software and services provider MHR. New legislation…
Women lack confidence at work: Research illustrates reasons behind persistent gender pay gap in UK
More than half of all female professionals – 57 percent – have never attempted to negotiate a pay rise, according to a new report from professional recruitment firm Robert Walters. Its findings reveal that men are 23 percent more likely…
ASDA Heads to Supreme Court over Equal Pay Dispute
Employment Law Solicitor, Simon Thomas, Partner at Hutchinson Thomas Solicitors discusses the challenges of equal pay legislation & the high-profile ASDA case Now we are in an era where companies are forced to publish their gender pay gap, employers could…
XpertHR provides guidance on tackling the gender pay gap without discriminating against men
To help organisations close their gender pay gap, XpertHR has produced a guide on Using Positive Action to Help Close the Gender Pay Gap, which looks at when positive action is permitted in the context of sex discrimination. According to…
BBC Equal Pay issue hits headlines again – but should it?
The BBC’s ongoing gender pay row has hit headlines again this week after it emerged that deputy editor Karen Martin was given a job offer at £12,000 a year less than her fellow candidate Roger Sawyer. Karen Martin reportedly plans to…
How can UK plc get a handle on equal pay and the gender pay gap?
After the latest round of gender pay reports, the all-round feedback from those in the HR community has been ‘could-do better’. Employer News asked three leading HR support professionals for their thoughts on gender pay reports – this is what…