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However, female models almost always get paid more than male models.
Here is an example
it will be interesting to see if there really will be equal pay for women
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!
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.
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%
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.
This is probably the closest we are going to find to an authoritative paper on this in this country, so is worth studying, but it is too long to copy it here.
I work in the much maligned public sector and whilst it could be argued that men can progress further more quickly in certain parts, equal pay is never an issue!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/soci...f-birmingham-council
Clearly I live in a bubble
That'll learn'em
I have my ways..