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And so another story on the gender pay gap. The good news? The gender pay gap has narrowed over the past year and is apparently at an all time low. The bad news? It has only dropped by 1%. Let’s look at the main stats that the ONS has published: Hourly wage rates have increased for full time female workers by 4% to £13.43 Hourly wage rates for fu...
17 November 2009
It has certainly been a busy week when it comes to female related news. So many things have caught my eye that I have wanted to blog about, I don’t know where to start. So I’ll start at the beginning! I saw this article in HR magazine saying that over a third of young female employees suffer from bullying at work. This abuse ranges from excessive ...
20 October 2009
Back in August, some research was released showing that having women on the board could have a negative effect on the bottom line. The survey of 2000 companies in the USA showed a correlation between firms with more female board members and lower profitability and lower market value. But a report launched recently is entitled “women improve boardr...
09 October 2009
Sometimes I see some really interesting research in the press. But other times I just see something that’s a little harder to believe, which is interesting for all the wrong reasons! One of those is a press release entitled “women ‘clueless about technology’” which was brought to my attention today – a PR stunt to cause controversy and grab attent...
28 September 2009
There have been some pretty disappointing statistics in the press recently when it comes to equality and the gender pay gap – especially in the finance sector. A report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that women with full time roles in the City earn 55% less than their male counterparts – that’s almost double the 28% gender pay ...
21 September 2009
Could this be the step forward that we need? The FT reported yesterday that the government has backed more flexible parental leave, allowing women who return to work after six months to transfer the remaining maternity leave to their partners. This means instead of the mere two weeks leave that men are now entitled to, they will instead be able to...
16 September 2009
Usually the job application process is relatively straightforward – send in your CV and covering letter and wait for a response. Well, not this one. Mobile phone company Teimlo is looking for a new marketing manager, but is only accepting applications through text message. According to the Telegraph, this is to test the applicant and see if the
17 July 2009
There has been a lot of discussion recently about maternity and paternity leave. First the Equality and Human Rights Commission said that Britain has the most unequal parental leave arrangements in Europe. It also said that such a long period of maternity leave has led to discrimination against women as employers are wary of taking them on in case...
17 June 2009
The FT recently asked the question ‘are there board benefits to breaking male hegemony?’ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e829eb68-4a3d-11de-8e7e-00144feabdc0.html. I read this piece with interest – and although the fact that all the views are from women may mean it’s slightly biased, some interesting points are raised. The usual arguments for having m
05 June 2009
There are many steps that can be taken to improve gender equality but it’s debatable whether this is one of them. The European Parliament has created a ‘gender neutral language’ pamphlet, designed to ban any gender specific words that may offend women ministers. Words include: Miss, Mrs, policeman, air hostess, man-made and manageress. But surely ...
29 May 2009
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