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The Act will also stop employers using pay secrecy clauses to prevent employees discussing their own pay, which means men and women can compare pay.

But the Act will not make employers reveal how much they pay men compared with women, as had been planned by the Labour government.

Some campaigners argued that this revision undermined the new legislation.

 

So, not much use for gender equality then. All they need is for men to keep schtum! 

Blizz'ard
The Equality Act which came into force today doesn't specifically enforce equal pay for women from today. Carnelian's link above to a BBC report - this report says:

The Act will also stop employers using pay secrecy clauses to prevent employees discussing their own pay, which means men and women can compare pay.

But the Act will not make employers reveal how much they pay men compared with women, as had been planned by the Labour government.

This link to the BBC goes into more detail of the Act.
The segment on pay secrecy says:

Many contracts of employment contain clauses which prevent employees from discussing their pay or bonuses.

It was initially proposed to ban secrecy clauses altogether. In seeking to justify the proposed ban, the then Equalities Minister, Harriet Harman, said that official figures show that whilst the gender pay gap has been narrowing over recent years, it still remains that for every pound a man earns, a woman earns just 87 pence.

Female part-time workers earn as much as 40% less than their full-time male counterparts.

The new law will make these types of clauses unenforceable (but not ban them altogether), and protect an individual from victimisation if action is taken against them for discussing their pay with their colleagues.

It is hoped that increased transparency in pay will narrow the gap further.

 

El Loro
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Female part-time workers earn as much as 40% less than their full-time male counterparts.
Does this mean that female workers earn for example

Male FT 35 hrs ÂĢ25,000
Female PT 25 hr ÂĢ17850

A simple pro rata salary, 71% of FT hours, 71% of FT pay

Or

Male FT 35 hrs ÂĢ25,000
Female PT 25 hrs ÂĢ10715

Pro rata as above but minus another 40%
Carnelian
Reference:
A simple pro rata salary, 71% of FT hours, 71% of FT pay
That's what I thought it read as 

Is this difference in pay through all sectors? I can't see supermarkets, hotel chains, retail chains getting away with that. Are we just talking highly qualified jobs here? I ask because for the last 14 years I've been self employed and as I said earlier.....people I know complain but can't give me answers as to what jobs these are.
Cagney

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