Equal pay

Progress on the disability pay gap has flatlined over last decade

There has been no notable change in the pay gap between disabled and non-disabled employees since 2014, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, published on 17 October.

Equal pay claims rise for third consecutive year

Equal pay claims increased for the third consecutive year in 2023, according to new analysis released for International Equal Pay Day (18 September).

Woman awarded £305k in highest Belfast equal pay settlement

A female electronics engineer has been awarded what is believed to be the largest equal pay settlement in Northern Ireland at an employment tribunal. She claimed that her employer paid her unequally...

Goldman Sachs pay gap hits 54%

The gender pay gap among UK staff at Goldman Sachs has reached 54% – its highest level since data was first gathered in 2017.

HR faces real-terms pay cut due to inflation, analysis finds

HR professionals have faced a real-terms pay cut of as much as 8% since 2021 due to the cost of inflation, analysis by HR software provider Ciphr has revealed.

Employers threatened by “ticking time-bomb” of pay claims

The Equal Pay Act was introduced in the UK more than half a century ago, and yet many organisations still fail to pay male and female staff equally. Birmingham City Council, for one, is being forced...

Closing the gender pay gap will empower women and deliver economic growth

If we want to be a high-growth country, we might start by tackling a problem which is as old as capitalism itself: the gender pay gap.

Next equal pay battle advances as women’s work ruled of equal value to men

The three women at the lead of an equal pay battle against Next have won the right to take their case onto the final stage.

Women have stopped earning for 2022, the same as in 2020

Equal Pay Day, the point in the year where women effectively stop earning relative to men because of the gender pay gap, fell on 20 November this year.

Is there a case for regional pay?

In the recent, somewhat protracted, race to become the UK’s 56th prime minister, the Conservative membership found itself romanced with a range of policies promising to make taxpayers’ happy, the...

Derby council spends millions fighting equal pay disputes

Derby City Council has spent more than £1.5m fighting equal pay disputes with employees, according to a freedom of information request lodged by employment union Unison.

Ethnicity pay gap persists regardless of high company pay levels

Male employees from ethnic minority backgrounds are earning on average 10% less than their white colleagues within the same workplace, according to Bayes Business School research.