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Gender pay gap means women work first two months of the year unpaid - so today is Women's Pay Day (www.thecanary.co)

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New Trades Union Congress (TUC) analysis reveals Women’s Pay Day – the day when the average woman stops working for free compared to the average man – is today, Wednesday 21 February. In some industries and in some parts of the country where the gender pay gap is wider, women effectively work for free for even longer

Women’s Pay Day: 52 days of working for free

New TUC analysis published on 21 February reveals that the average woman effectively works for free for nearly two months of the year compared to the average man. This is because the gender pay gap for all employees currently stands at 14.3%.

This pay gap means that working women must wait 52 days – nearly two months – before they stop working for free on Women’s Pay Day today.

And the analysis also shows that at current rates of progress, it will take 20 years – until 2044 – to close the gender pay gap.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Yes. People keep spreading the myth that Jack and Jane in the same job working the same hours at the same company during the same year earn $1 and 70c respectively. Even the government sources used to back up their arguments state that the pay gap is as a result of an overall snapshot of the workforce, taking into account a huge multitude of factors.

Not paying men and women the same amount for the same job is very, very illegal, at least here in Australia.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

That absolutely doesn't take into account of women being promoted less often and thus making less money while being over-qualified for their position.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

If those were the only factors I'd expect to see a pay gap that's roughly the same size across the developed world. But that's not the case.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

People keep spreading the myth that Jack and Jane in the same job working the same hours at the same company during the same year earn $1 and 70c respectively

Sometimes that is what happens though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

And in some companies Jane earns more than Jack. Should Jack be given a pay raise? Are there other factors involved?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes it also happens in reverse, I believe this conversation is about seeing when it does shake out unfairly. Could you share something more verifiable than a general statement of sometimes?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Your own article states that Google has problems assigning women to appropriate pay bands, assigning women to lower pay bands despite having similar qualifications to their male counterparts.