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Can the Equality Act close the gender pay gap?

By Melissa Edmond - 24/06/2010 01:15 PM
Categories: Employment Law

The Equal Pay Act 1970 came into force on 29 December 1975. Whilst it was predicted that women’s pay would swiftly move towards equalisation with men’s this has not happened. The latest figures derived from the Office of National Statistics’s Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings revealed that, as at April 2009, the gender pay gap for full time employees was 12.2 per cent, comparing median hourly earnings excluding overtime. Median hourly rates for men were £12.87 for full timers, for women full timers hourly rates were £11.39.

Employment Law - Coalition

By Andrew Masters - 07/06/2010 08:59 AM
Categories: Employment Law

Employment Law and the Coalition Government

As we know, the General Election in May 2010 failed to deliver a majority mandate for any of the political parties leading to the creation of a Coalition Government of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. There are a number of areas where the new Government’s plans are not clear. However, we do now have the document: 'The Coalition: our programme for government' and the Queen’s Speech was delivered on 25 May 2010. With this in mind, and whilst we are currently very short on detail and timings, it does seems an opportune time to at least consider some possible future changes to employment law that might occur under the Coalition.

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