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The Thomson Reuters Foundation writes that asking job applicants what they earned served to entrench the gender pay gap because women often started work on lower salaries.
A survey by the Young Women’s Trust, a British charity, found that almost half that country’s employers asked the question during interviews. "Women often start work on a lower salary than men, move to a new job and are paid based on their previous wage, as opposed to what they or the role are worth. We have to break the cycle that traps women in low pay," said the charity’s head, Carole Easton. The practice is already banned in California and the city of New York. Including wage details in job adverts — which 42% of UK employers surveyed said they did not do — would also help, Easton said. However, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), an employers’ group, said banning conversations about pay could have unintended consequences.
- Read this report by Umberto Bacchi in full at BusinessLive
- Read too, PwC puts focus on gender pay gap, at Engineering News
- And also, Female execs in SA still underrepresented, at Fin24
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