Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Bill set to expose gender pay gap


Employers are to be made to reveal how much male staff are paid compared with their female colleagues, under a bill to be published on Monday.

Ministers hope the Equality Bill will tackle discrimination against a range of groups including the elderly, women and those from lower social classes.

It will force public bodies, such as in health and education, to try to address social inequalities

The Tories have labelled those plans as resembling "class war attacks".

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