A recent study has found that close to one in five of the UK’s largest employers are breaking the law by paying women lower wages than men, reports the Guardian.
The research was found by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), who took 870 employers and found that 16% discriminate against their female employees by paying them a significant amount less in salary than male employees with the same position. Additionally, because of the fact that the participating employers were willing to do the pay review leads the EOC to predict that the real proportion is likely to be even higher.
The Women and Work Commission is due to release a full report on the pay gap next month. Some are hoping the findings will lead them to recommend making pay reviews required.
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It's funny that this article is just a couple of links away from a Guardian article about how gay people make more money than straight people! Guess they'd better hire a Minister of Heterosexuality to find ways to handicap gay people in the workplace!
But seriously, the underlying flaws in these studies and headlines are becoming increasingly apparent to everyone. Arent't they? Hello? I mean I am strongly in favor of family friendly legislation, if that is the big problem. But I am against pretending that employers are happy to pay men higher salaries because they just plain like them more.