The Equality and Human Rights Commission has just published proposals for “voluntary” reporting of the gender pay gap in businesses … Continue reading “More on the gender pay gap”

The new official figures on the gender pay gap, published last week, make an interesting read and have, as usual, … Continue reading “Pay gap revisited”

Harriet Harman’s long-promised Equality Bill looks set to land employers with further regulatory burdens, while doing little to meet its … Continue reading “Equality Bill adds to regulatory burden but is unlikely to produce hoped-for outcomes”

You might think that the financial sector had received more than its fair share of obloquy in recent months, but … Continue reading “Are women discriminated against in the finance sector?”

Unnoticed in the economic gloom accompanying the rising unemployment figures, last week saw the publication of the statistics of employment … Continue reading “Lawyers swarm in as tribunals busier than ever before”

In the last few days, there have been two well-publicised claims that women are likely to suffer relatively more in … Continue reading “Women and the recession”