Just 82 cents. That’s what the average woman makes for every $1 earned by a man in the United States in 2022. It’s a shocking but not surprising statistic, as women have been given increasingly more responsibilities and influence in the business world but have never received the same compensation.
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What the Equality Act means for employers
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By Katie Maguire on Small Business – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
What does the Equality Act mean for employers?
The Equality Act 2010 was and still is one of the most important pieces of legislation for employers and employees. It is concerned with discrimination and harassment in respect of nine protected characteristics, namely: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Before the Equality Act came into force discrimination law was contained in different pieces of legislation.
The Equality Act gives protection against work-related discrimination, making it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against its job applicants, employees and former employees. If it does so, it will be liable for its actions. In addition, employers may also be held liable for the wrongful actions of their employees or agents. This is because under the Equality Act, anything done by an employee in the course of their employment is deemed to be an act done by the employer. This is called vicarious liability. The only defence available to this for an employer is if it can show that it took all reasonable steps to prevent the employee from doing
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To balance or not to balance, that's the dilemma
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In the endless social debate between the proponents of gender equality and their detractors, the die is cast, and only time will tell who was right.
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Why 'Womenomics' Needs to Be Part of Your Business Strategy
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Japan has made specific moves to equality; so has the U.K. What’s the holdup here in the U.S.?
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CEOs and the Importance of Talking About Gender Equity
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The Problems #MeToo Can't Reach
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We need to remember that there are many forms of harassment, and not all of them are overtly sexual.
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How to Motivate Leaders to Champion Gender Equity
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While the business case has been well-established, that in and of itself it will not solve the problem.
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Gender equality won’t be achieved unless businesses take action
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Young Women’s Trust has today launched new research looking at how employers can encourage more women into male-dominated sectors like engineering, IT and construction. This comes as a YouGov survey commissioned by the charity shows that three in five employers think that positive action is needed to achieve workplace gender equality – but just a
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Tupperware Is Joining UN In Fight For Gender Equality
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Tupperware is one of three companies to announce a new partnership with UN Women’s HeForShe program.
Rick Goings, the chairman and chief executive of Tupperware Brands TUP 0.93% , would like his fellow CEOs to look at promoting women the way Wall Street looks at investing in undervalued companies: It’s not about doing the right thing or scoring PR points, it’s simply good business.
“I want them to see the business case for gender parity,” Goings told Fortune. “In business, women are under-appreciated assets, and there will be a business advantage for those who seize the opportunity to develop them. ”
That’s one reason why Tupperware Brands, which has a business model that relies on a predominantly female sales force around the globe, has signed on as one of the first companies participating in HeForShe, the UN Women’s program in support of