As transparency in the workplace becomes increasingly important, Michelle Gyimah explains the benefits of using software as a tool to deliver equal pay.
Delivering equal pay has been a legal obligation for all employers for more than 40 years. However, the UK gender wage gap is currently 14.9 per cent (this figure relates to full-time, mean hourly earnings excluding overtime). New equal pay provisions in the Equality Act 2010 and the increasing...
Cultural and organisational barriers are preventing women from progressing their careers in the banking sector, according to the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).
Women in Banking reveals that nearly half of women in this industry believe that they face...
The gender pay gap for female executives is extensive across Western Europe, according to research from Mercer.
In some countries base salary for women is 22 per cent lower than their male peers. This figure increases further when other elements such as bonuses are included....
The gender pay gap has fallen below 10 per cent for the first time, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The difference between women’s and men’s median pay for full-time hourly earnings, excluding overtime, stood at 9.1 per cent in April 2011....
Workers educated to degree level earn more in the private sector according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
An analysis of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings from the Office for National Statistics showed that employees with a university degree are paid 4.7 per cent more than a public...
The Government is to “get tough” on boardroom pay and may even legislate to curb “irresponsible” rewards, according to the Deputy Prime Minister.
Nick Clegg has announced the Coalition’s intentions to tackle excessive remuneration, with proposals...
The gap between the highest and lowest paid has
risen faster in the UK than in any other Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country.
The OECD is urging Governments from across the world to address this income inequality and has called for a...
Total executive earnings have increased by more than 4,000 per cent in the past 30 years, damaging trust between employees and business leaders, according to findings from the High Pay Commission.
The report has found that senior pay levels are damaging the economy and society...
Women could have to wait 70 years before they are on a level footing with men.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) believes that there will not be fair representation in Parliament and in directorships at the FTSE 100 for several years if we remain at the current rate of change...
A landmark equal pay claim could result in higher pay packets for thousands of women.
The Supreme Court is to decide whether female care workers and dinner ladies employed by Sheffield County Council were discriminated against by being excluded from a bonus scheme which was open to...
A leaked email has revealed the pay information of some temporary workers at The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Data about contractors’ remuneration was sent by Hays, the recruitment firm, to a number of their workers at the bank. The email blunder highlighted that some agency...
The definition of an agency employee has been amended in time for the implementation of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) on 1 October 2011.
The Government has corrected the errors made in earlier drafts of the AWR. These had caused confusion as they implied that any work carried...
Paul Tew provides an overview of the current issues affecting pay and reward packages in the private and public sectors.
The cost of employment, both direct and indirect expenditure, is often a major factor behind any employer decision to recruit an individual to start work. As such, pay remains at the heart of the psychological contract between an employer and the employee.
The economic worth of a person...
Catherine Hey discusses the proposals outlined in a new Government consultation.
The Government consultation, Modern Workplaces, has proposed a new system of shared parental leave, extending flexible working, mandatory equal pay audits and changing the Working Time Regulations (WTR).
Flexible parental leave
The consultation seeks views on proposals for a system...
Companies should be required to publish the ratio of earnings between their highest and lowest paid employees, according to Ed Miliband.
In a recent speech at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, the Leader of the Labour Party set out his proposals for governing pay and rewards within UK...
