Women’s work
Posted by Cptn
Is it surprising, when even the most ardent young women turns up her nose at the idea of feminism, that women earn 18.7 per cent less than men in the South West?
We at the PRSD have worked with plenty of people who would be all for that (before finding this idyll of fairly like-minded do gooders). But not us.
And not Nigel Costly, the South West TUC’s regional secretary, who told us: ‘Decisive action is needed to reverse the sorry state of pay inequality at work. We need a range of measures to tackle segregation of employment into low paid jobs dominated by women and those dominated by men. Greater transparency and fairness in pay systems would help employers eliminate pay discrimination, but the voluntary approach has failed so mandatory pay audits are needed.
‘Progress on closing the gender pay gap has slowed to a snail’s pace. It is completely unacceptable that despite making great strides at work and in education, women in the region are still being paid 18.7 per cent less than men.
‘Women need better access to good quality part-time and flexible work so they can make full use of their skills and are not penalised for having a family. Government plans to extend the right to request flexible working to all parents is a welcome step towards closing the pay gap.’
If you liked this story, you could buy us a coffee --------------------------------------------------------------------November 17th, 2007
