Gender pay gap

Perceptions of equal pay vary between women at work depending on their position – with certain groups being more likely to take legal action.

Women in the UK will not see the gender pay gap closed before they reach state pension age, according to research from the Fawcett Society.

There is an NHS gender pay gap of 5.5% according to research from healthcare think tank The King’s Fund.

Almost a quarter of women in the West Midlands report receiving no pay increase in the past 12 months, despite having negotiated for higher pay.

The UK's gender pay gap remains unchanged in 2023, according to the ONS's analysis of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Women in Iceland, including its prime minister, have gone on strike over the country's gender pay gap.

The Parental Fog Index 2023 Cross-Industry report, which analyses developments in businesses’ parental policies, also found that fewer employers publish basic details of paternity leave and pay than maternity.

Professor Claudia Goldin has won the Nobel Prize for economics for her work on female participation in the labour market.

When pursuing pay transparency, organisations need to consider all aspects of diversity and inclusion, not just gender.

Closing the median gender pay gap will take 63 years if the rate of progress up until now were to continue, according to BDO.

Employers pay more tax on job sharing arrangements, and campaign group Empower wants this burden to be removed.

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry into sexism and misogyny in financial services.

Female workers were less likely to have discussed salary transparency with their manager than their male counterparts.

Less than a fifth of UK workers think two weeks paternity is enough and the majority would take longer if they could afford it, new research has found.

Although they achieved the same level of qualifications, first class female graduates had a median salary of £25,000, which was £2,000 lower than men.