gender pay gap

Time it takes to get on to the property ladder differs depending on whether you’re male or female

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Study finds women make up just over one in 20 CEOs of FTSE 100 firms

Unions say the pay gap should be a source of national shame

Equality charity says progress on closing the pay gap has been ‘dismally slow’

CIPD says gap between executives and workers is ‘unacceptably wide’

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 3 July

Large firms had until midnight to publish gender pay gap figures, and now face action from equalities commission

Study reveals 79% of the 860,000 people in the UK earning more than £100,000 a year are men

FTSE 350 companies with fewer than two female board members to branded with ‘red top’ warning by investors

The US state has passed law requiring public companies to have at least one woman on their board by end of 2019

Gender parity has improved, but not quickly enough for some of its stars

Large companies to publish gap between executives and average workers’ salary

Report says executives claim women ‘don't want the hassle’ of top jobs

Theresa May decries ‘burning injustice’ as large firms face midnight deadline to reveal figures

Bank blames low number of women in senior roles for massive discrepancy

Thousands down tools on International Women's Day to highlight sexism and gender inequality

From Google doodles to strike action, women across the world are marking this year’s International Women’s Day with added urgency

Britain’s top bosses have already earned more in 2018 than average workers will all year

Women are paid 17% less than men at Department for Transport, despite the PM’s calls to tackle pay disparity

Little has been done to tackle pay disparities between men and women, European Commission says

Study shows just one in six poorly paid workers permanently ‘escape’

Superhero box office means highest-paid actors continue to outearn female colleagues

Presenters speak out after corporation's gender pay gap is revealed

A tool to challenge inequality or just plain nosey? Here are the pros and cons of publicising pay

Action on wage inequality is 'well overdue', say campaigners, but does it go far enough?

TUC calls for more help for working mothers after figures show gender pay gap peaks in the decades after childbirth

Gender pay gap: New research says idea that female workers lack confidence to push for more is a myth

Despite efforts to level the playing field, there is still a substantial difference between the salaries of men and women