Same pay scale, yet the man can earn up to four times as much?
Image by drgillybean via Flickr As mentioned in previous blogs, there is still a considerable pay gap between men and women, despite there being Equal Pay legislation around since 1970. Generally this is greater in the private sector where there is more secrecy around salaries, but the public sector shouldn’t be complacent. In the public [...]
Health questionnaires in recruitment
In my last blog I explored one of the issues raised in the new Equality Act (which will come into force from October this year) – that of equal pay and the culture of secrecy concerning salaries. Another change in this forthcoming legislation is around the use of Health Questionnaires during the recruitment process. Currently [...]
Breaking the final taboo – secrecy around salaries
Very few subjects seem to be taboo these days. People talk about death, and sex, and how much their car cost. But one of the last areas of secrecy – how much salary people are paid – could be about to fall. A new piece of legislation has just been passed through parliament and is [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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