Even though legislation on implementing equal pay has been in place for 40 years, the gender pay gap in Britain remains among the highest in the European Union. We still have a shocking gender pay gap of 15.5% that hurts women, society and the economy. Removing barriers to women working in occupations traditionally done by men and increasing women’s participation in the labour market could be worth between £15 and £23 billion or 1.3 to 2% of GDP.
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