Women’s equality at risk of being put back 25 years by the pandemic
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Currently at 15%, the gender gap still needs to be bridged, women’s conference is told.
More than 50 years after the Equal Pay Act was passed, women at work and in retirement continue to face widespread discrimination – and the situation has worsened since the pandemic, UNISON’s annual women’s conference heard last week.
According to the Office of National Statistics, the gender pay gap currently stands at 15% for full-time workers and is much wider when employed part-time, as most women are.
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Proposing a motion ‘gender pay justice for women workers’, Kate Ramsden of Scotland region told delegates: ‘Workers – mainly women – stepped up during COVID to keep this country going. There was a recognition that these jobs were essential. Now – despite the clapping during COVID – we’re back to business as usual.
‘Women enter the labour force already disadvantaged because of our as roles as mothers and carers, and we pay the price. These are wonderful jobs, jobs that should be va...
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