The latest WEF report indicates that it will take centuries to achieve gender parity in workplaces around the globe.
200 years before we achieve global gender parity in the workplace
Tags: Gender equality
UK tech industry gender imbalance expected to last another 12.5 years
New research shows that the UK tech industry still has some way to go to address its workforce’s gender imbalance.
Number of female bosses hits disappointing low
Why are the findings of the Hampton-Alexander Review worse than expected?
Women work for free for a fifth of the year, says TUC
With Women’s Pay Day – the day the average woman starts getting paid compared to the average man – on the 7th March, and International Women’s Day on the 8th March, TUC has revealed that the average woman has to wait nearly a fifth of a year (66 days) before she starts to get paid, compared to the average man.
Amanda Cullen: When it comes to optimising leadership, it’s not just about gender balance
Getting equality in the boardroom is not just about filling quotas and balancing out numbers, it’s about getting a diverse mix of leaders to optimise businesses, with both women and men playing a huge part in this.
UK lags behind EU neighbours on workplace gender equality
British employers still have work to do in pay differentials and board-level representation, Glassdoor report reveals.
Research says gender equality is still a generation, or 17 years away
Gender equality is still a generation, or 17 years away, as research suggests women under 35 are most pessimistic about the time needed for change.
Sir Nigel Knowles global co-chairman of DLA Piper talks gender equality and restoring faith in business
Sir Nigel Knowles is Global Co-Chairman of DLA Piper. Sir Nigel has been the driving force behind the company’s remarkable growth, taking the firm from its UK regional origins to the global business it is today. HRreview met up with him at last month’s Balanced Business Forum to talk about a wide range of issues from gender equality to dealing with mental health issues in the workplace. We also discussed how business and government can win back each other’s trust in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Indian workforce figures stand in stark contrast to Davies gender equality numbers
If you found the figures released with Lord Davies’s final report into gender equality in Britain’s top boardrooms yesterday slightly dispiriting (only 25% of top boardroom positions are filled by women? Surely that should be 25% higher?) then consider for a moment the situation in India.
‘Some are disconcerted their boss is a woman’, Guardian editor says
The new editor-in-chief of The Guardian, Katharine Viner, has suggested that some at the newspaper have been left disconcerted by her appointment.
Inge Woudstra: A new role for women
Over 50 percent of UK graduates are women, professional services firms report that over 50 percent of their new graduate hires are women, and over 50 percent of our GPs are women. The world of work is no longer a man’s world. However, organisations haven’t changed; they are still largely designed for men. Their systems,…
Latest pay gap data reveals women work for free 1h 40m a day
The findings of an annual survey published by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) reveal that women working in equivalent full-time roles earn 22 percent less than men, meaning that they are unpaid for 1h 40m a day
Employers should be ‘named and shamed’ for equal gender pay failings, new survey finds
The majority of businesses believe that employers should be named and shamed for equal gender pay failings, according to a new survey by Peninsula, the employment law consultancy.
Closing the gender pay gap isn’t just about analysing pay, says Mercer
While the Governments’ consultation ‘Closing the Gender Pay gap’ is a welcomed one, the solution doesn’t solely lie in analysing and managing pay, says Mercer.
Sainsbury’s face equal pay battle
Sainsbury’s is facing a legal battle after four female shop floor employees accused the store of receiving less pay for doing the same job as their male counterparts.