MPs to question Harman in sex in the City hearing October 19, 2009 Sexism in the City will be in the spotlight once again today when the Treasury Committee continues to take evidence for a new inquiry into the treatment of women in the Square Mile. Minister for Women and Equality Harriet Harman is scheduled to speak as well as Sarah McCarthy-Fry, exchequer secretary for the Treasury and [...]
Women’s pay lags behind men’s in City September 6, 2009 WOMEN working in the UK’s finance industry face the highest overall gender pay gap, according to a study out today by the Equality and Human Rights Commission In a stern warning to the City, the Commission has said that it may order financial firms to publish employment data and undertake annual equal pay audits to [...]
NEW SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BUSINESS EDITOR ON STEEP LEARNING CURVE August 20, 2009 AS A replacement for Sky’s newest business recruit Mark Kleinman, a man with one of the fattest contact books in journalism, the appointment of Kamal Ahmed as Sunday Telegraph business editor was never going to sit well with his jilted rivals. Ahmed, currently head of comms at the Equality and Human Rights Commission and a [...]
Equality watchdog launches a probe into the gender pay gap August 12, 2009 THE EQUALITY and Human Rights Commission is today launching a consultation on how private and voluntary sector employers with at least 250 staff can measure and report on their gender pay gap. Women working full-time currently earn 17.1 per cent less per hour on average than men, with the gap failing to improve over the [...]
Equality watchdog launches a probe into the gender pay gap August 12, 2009 THE EQUALITY and Human Rights Commission is today launching a consultation on how private and voluntary sector employers with at least 250 staff can measure and report on their gender pay gap. Women working full-time currently earn 17.1 per cent less per hour on average than men, with the gap failing to improve over the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 26, 2009 THE SUNDAYThe Sunday TelegraphVIRGIN TRAINS EYES BID FOR EAST COAST FRANCHISESir Richard Branson, the Virgin tycoon, has indicated that his company is ready to make a bid for the East Coast Main Line rail franchise. The Government is to re-nationalise the London to Scotland route for at least 12 months from the end of 2009 [...]
Treasury accounts held back as auditor refuses to sign off July 20, 2009 THE National Audit Office (NAO) has refused to sign off the accounts of five public bodies – including the Treasury – it was revealed yesterday. It raised questions over the Treasury’s accounts because the department failed to to agree its toxic assets insurance scheme with parliament. And it emerged that the NAO had “qualified” the [...]
Women must wait 73 years for job equality September 4, 2008 Representation of female bosses in the FTSE 100 has increased slightly – to 11 per cent – since last year, the newly launched “Sex and Power” report from the Human Rights Commission revealed yesterday. However, women will still be “waiting in the wings” for an estimated 73 years to achieve equal status to their male [...]
Maternity law reform fuels an old debate July 16, 2008 Zoe Strimpel talks to employment lawyers about the impact of the new rules If you’re an employer, or a woman of childbearing age, your ears may have pricked up at the comments made this week by Nicola Brewer, CEO of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. Brewer said that new legislation that extends paid maternity [...]