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Meghna Sharma explores the contributing factors behind the continuing gender pay gap, including cultural bias around the value of different skills, government wage policies, and the variation between male and female dominated industries.
To mark International Women's Day 2025 Dr Meenakshi Krishnan reviews the current inequalities for women in the workplace, and makes recommendations for approaches to bring about positive change.
As the clock runs down on the implementation of the EU’s Pay Transparency directive, and the subject dominates listings of HR priorities for 2025, Duncan Brown reminds us of an experiment in real pay transparency and the benefits and risks involved.
The construction industry is facing skills shortages that are holding back growth. This research for the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) explores attitudes towards awareness of construction careers among potential entrants and those within the industry, and the differences between the two.
Duncan Brown considers the government's recently released gender pay gap data, now in it's sixth year of reporting and based on employers with 250 or more employees, comparing men and women’s average pay across each organisation.
Meenakshi Krishnan summarises the trends and developments in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace in 2023, including the worrying backlash against ongoing efforts to improve opportunities for marginalised groups.
In the light of Claudia Goldin's recent Nobel Prize for her work on advancing the understanding of women's labour-market outcomes, Meenakshi Krishnan explores the barriers to equal pay between genders, including caring responsibilities and outdated employer perceptions and what needs to happen for this persistent imbalance to be addressed.
With the latest Parental Rights Survey indicating that two in five new fathers did not access paid parental leave, Rosie Gloster considers how more new fathers can be supported to take paternity leave.
Abbie Winton, Claudia-Plowden Roberts and Jade Talbot set out the actions that government need to take, in order to close the gender pension gap and ensure that women are supported during their working lives.
In light of recent IES research into the gender pensions gap, Abbie Winton, Claudia Plowden Roberts and Jade Talbot consider what action can be taken by employers, to support the future savings capacity of women across different life stages.
