The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee have announced a new inquiry into Women in the Workplace which will include whether current legislation goes far enough to tackle inequality.
On 4 September 2012, the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee announced a new inquiry into women in the workplace. Among the topics the Committee is considering are: (i) do the Gender Equality Duty and the Equality Act go far enough in tackling inequalities, such as gender pay gap and job segregation, between men and women in the workplace? (ii) what steps should be taken to provide greater transparency on pay and other issues, such as workforce composition? and (iii) how should the gender stereotyping prevalent in particular occupations, for example in engineering, banking, construction, and the beauty industry, be tackled? Written submissions are invited by Friday 5 October 2012.
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