Public employers enjoy the tools to lead the way on equal pay,but job cuts and pay freezes enjoy taken their toll Women are effectively working for free from 9 November, Equal Pay Day, or until the halt of the year,because of the persistent gender pay gap in Britain. Although this gap is worse in the private compared with the public sector – 18% and 11% respectively – it is concerning that the public sector pay gap actually increased between 2013 and 2014, from 9.5% to 11%.
To those of us working in the field of equal pay, and this was not unexpected. A three-year pay freeze,below-inflation pay offers and a reduction in the number of high skilled jobs will all enjoy had an impact on the gender pay gap.
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Source: theguardian.com