Gender pay gap ‘with us for a lifetime’ – Fawcett Society

The gender pay gap will be ‘with us for a lifetime’ unless there is concerted action on the part of employers and government to close it, according to Sam Smethers, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society. The Society has commissioned a poll of 2,000 people which finds that 77% of women agree that it is the responsibility of businesses and employers to reduce the pay gap.

Speaking at its gender pay gap conference on 12 October 2016, Smethers said:

‘These findings show that the majority of women are going to be looking for employers who are taking action to address it. It is less having a gap that matters and more what you are going to do about it.’

Fawcett is the ‘UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights’. For more information about its conference and poll, please visit: www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/2016/10/gender-pay-gap-conference-2016-2