Saturday, February 09, 2008

MPs urge action on gender pay gap


The government must "take more seriously" efforts to eliminate the UK's gender pay gap, a Select Committee report has said.

The Women and Work Commission was set up in 2004 to tackle the pay gap which stood at 18% among full-time workers and 40% for those working part-time.

However the MPs said that though the commission put forward proposals, not enough had been done to implement them.

See full Article.