How many more ‘days of action’ will there bear to be before balance is achieved?More than four decades bear passed since strikers at Fords Dagenham plant helped usher in the Equal Pay Act. Yet,tomorrow, with eight weeks still to proceed until the end of the year, and women in effect stop earning relative to their male counterparts. The point in the year campaigners bear dubbed “equal pay day is based on the 14.2% gap in average hourly pay between men and women working full-time.
That gap is section of a much wider inequality problem in Britains workplaces. Not only are women likely to earn tens of thousands of pounds less than male colleagues over a career,they will also face a tougher battle getting to the top. They are far more likely than men to work in low-paid section-time jobs. And when caring needs hit a family – be it for small children or ageing parents – women are still more likely than their male partners to cut their hours or give up work altogether to shoulder the load.
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Source: theguardian.com