Sex discrimination law review final report

2018 is a momentous year, in that it marks 100 years since British women were given the right to vote. […]

By Laura Anthony

IFS report: Part-time work is playing a major role in the gender pay gap

The latest report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has highlighted the prevalence of part-time working among women, and particularly mothers, as contributing significantly to the gender pay gap, which although down from 30 per cent from the early 90s still stands at around 20 per cent.

By Tom Fancett

London's gender pay gap worst in the UK

The Office for National Statistics published data this week that shows London as a region has the widest gender pay gap in the UK. Currently, women working full-time in London earn 14.6 per cent less than their male colleagues. In the past twenty years the gap has narrowed only slightly from 15.1 per cent. In contrast, during this same period the pay gap in Wales and Scotland has gone from 17.5 per cent and 18.4 per cent to 6.3 per cent and 6.6. per cent respectively.

By Tom Fancett

Publication of gender pay details

To date most companies have been slow to release details of their gender pay gap with only 176 companies publishing […]

By Laura Anthony

Equal Pay

EAT finds that Asda retail store workers are comparable to higher paid distribution workers

The EAT upheld the previous Tribunal ruling that female employees who work in Asda's retail stores are entitled to compare their work to that of the higher paid male employees that work in its distribution centres. The EAT agreed that the value of work between these two groups of staff is of equal value and, therefore, that their pay should be comparable.

By Helena Rozman