France says it wants to make good on at least one-third of its motto of “liberté, egalité, and fraternité,” by ensuring pay equality. The French government announced it is devising a “tough, concrete” plan to make the gender pay gap as much a thing of the past as Madame DeFarge’s knitting habit. Per the Associated Press, France’s plan for pay equity is still a work in progress. However, legislators may require companies to release the average salaries of their male and female employees and
Women earn 79 cents on the dollar compared with men. But the gender wage gap is much, much more than one number.
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For the first time ever, college-educated women appear on track to outnumber college-educated men in the workforce, a milestone in what has been a decades-long trend. However, those women still trail their male peers in compensation.
Football clubs on Tuesday emerged among the worst offenders for paying men more than women as thousands of companies scramble to hit tomorrow’s midnight Gender Pay Gap deadline.
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Many factors contribute to a substantial gender pay gap in the U.S. But what about environments in which compensation structures are seemingly completely objective and bias-free? The authors analyzed seven years of pay data for bus and train operators employed by the MBTA at union-negotiated rates and found that even among people in exactly the same role at the same seniority level, women still took home 11% less than men. They identified three factors driving this persistent earnings gap: unpredictable, unconventional, and uncontrollable schedules. Since women tend to have more inflexible commitments outside of work (such as elder care and childcare), they generally end up taking home less pay when shifts are scheduled last-minute, at non-standard hours, or via a system that doesn’t give workers control over their assignments. Moreover, the authors found that these scheduling practices ended up harming the MBTA’s performance metrics as well, leading to more canceled bus and train routes. To address these issues, the authors recommend that employers should endeavor to offer more-predictable schedules and build in redundancies so that workers aren’t asked to work last-minute or at unconventional times.
Despite a century of convergence, there is still no evidence of fully closing gender gaps in employment and wages, possibly reflecting a suboptimal allocation of talent. Economic research has emphasized the role of gender differences in preferences, work–life balance considerations and gender identity norms in shaping the observed gender trends.
Reaching into Canary Wharf’s frosty January sky at 8 Canada Square, HSBC’s striking headquarters are a symbol of financial prowess and persistence. But slowly the mighty construction may well be morphing into a token of the merciless patriarchy too.
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Abuse and violence against women is one reason why some women don't earn as much as men for the same jobs.
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The US women’s team have earned $90,000 in bonuses for reaching the World Cup quarter-finals, a sum that would be six times higher were they entitled to the same bonus structure as their men’s counterparts
Diversity--particularly among genders--increases a business's bottom line, according to a new study from DDI, The Conference Board, and EY. The study,
Non-stop business knowledge Get more on The Bloomberg App OPINION | DATA Comparing the median and mean pay gaps reveals a new problem. APRIL 3, 2018 5:30 AM EDT It's probably worse than it looks. Government-mandated gender pay gap reports are rolling in before Thursday's deadline. The inequality is stark for U.K. finance companies -- data last month from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. showed a median gender pay gap of 36.4 percent -- in other words, women earn 64 pence for every pound that men earn.
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All UK companies with 250 employees or more have to publish an annual gender pay report. But some factors can mask the scale of salary imbalance, writes Josie Cox.
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A report published by Ryanair has revealed a 67 per cent pay gap between male and female employees.
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The gender pay gap is alive and well in the sharing economy.
Male pilots in the US make 26.6% more than female pilots.
The reduction in the gender pay gap comes ahead of the publication of the BBC's annual report.
On Tuesday, Salesforce Chief People Officer Cindy Robbins shared the story of how her company became committed to equal pay for its employees.
A survey of women in finance finds men are progressing because they are better at office politics.
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Is there gender- or race-based salary disparity in your company? If you don’t know the answer, then it's surely "yes."