Hi there, I’ve been thinking about this hot potato for sometime! The gender pay gap has been a thorny issue which has prominently targeted women and employees of a minority group for quite some time, so why is it still an issue in 2023? The current gender pay gap currently
Clubbing to candlemaking: how companies are handling #MeToo After the pretty depressing news about the CBI recently, here is an interesting article in The Times about how companies are trying to organise fun events for their staff that they hope won’t result in allegations of assault (ie – avoiding parties,
Interesting new podcast from the FT – Working It, which this week explores the changes in legislation regarding pay transparency. There are new rules around job adverts mandating pay details in New York plus the ability to find out exactly what your neighbour/friend earns in Norway. There are very compelling
Interesting article below – my question would be: Is there less gender inequality in professions with very high qualification standards? Would you mansplain to someone you knew is just as qualified as you? Or is this just wishful thinking?! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/03/let-me-mansplain-studies-reveal-negative-impacts-of-behaviour?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Great article on Linkedin from Lisa Unwin, Co-founder & CEO of Reignite Academy, Careers Expert for Noon, LinkedIn Top Voice, Author, Expert on women’s careers You can’t possibly have missed the headlines about the “over 50s” dropping out of the workforce. Just this morning I bumped into our local estate
Although it’s still popular in the UK, working from home is less prevalent, according to LinkedIn (writes Joe Green in TechHQ.com). A survey taken by LinkedIn of around 3,000 managers across the UK has found concern among decision-makers that staff who work from home are less productive than those in
