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Why is there still a Gender Pay Gap ?
March 1^st, 2017 in Blog
The Office of National Statistics shows a gender pay gap for full-time employees of 9.4% in 2016 and 18.1% when part time employees are included. According to the annual Women in Work Index compiled by PwC, the West Midlands has the furthest to go in eliminating pay inequality and it will take at least another 24 years to eliminate the gender pay gap within the UK. Why is there still a Gender Pay Gap in the UK? Many of the pay differences we…
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In Work Poverty
April 11^th, 2016 in Blog
What is In Work Poverty? In Work Poverty (or Income Poverty) is defined as those living in a household with an equivalent disposable income below 60% of the national median. Equivalent disposable income is the amount of money that households have available for spending and saving after direct taxes (such as income tax and council tax) have been accounted for, adjusted for household size and composition. How big a problem is In Work Poverty? In…
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Why is there still a Gender Pay Gap ?