Gender Inequalities In Pay
Diversity Management
(LUBS5365M)
Assignment One:
Explain why inequalities in pay persist in the UK labour market and how these can be addressed with reference to legislation, social policy and other factors.
Submission Date: 12/03/2014
Word Count: 2992
Introduction
In current society, the gender equalities in pay are obviously in most countries, especially in UK labour market, it is one of the highest gender pay gap in European Union (Rubery, 1998). OECD (2013) represent that GPG is measure of difference between female and male employees’ earnings, when they do the full-time or part-time jobs. The gender pay gap (GPG) remains stubborn although it has improved, the statistic demonstrate there …show more content…
The consequences of gender pay inequalities will result in social exclusion, skill shortage, poverty, undervalue the women’s work and failure in the labor market, therefore it is imperative to take action to improve this situation. This essay will firstly illustrate the reason for persist phenomenon of gender inequalities in pay from three parts: society, individual and workplace. Although the GPG and equalities cannot be completely eliminate but in this essay several ideas will rise to address and narrow the gender pay gap based on the support of the social policy, legislation and other factors.
Reason for pay inequalities persistent in UK labor market
In the view of society, based on the UK historical and influence of primitive society, patriarchy is the main characteristic. Walby (1990) state that male dominate the series of the social practices and structures that to exploit and oppress female, which decide the women 's subordinate status. According to UK pre-labor market experiences, gender have been already socialized into different roles …show more content…
It has a successful procedural change to pay, Heery (2006) claim that “relatively costless from the perspective of the employer that contain access to information on gender pay rates or the adoption of a written equal pay policy.” Otherwise, having a good relationship with the trade union will help solve the problems of the unequal in pay when having the collective bargaining agenda in workplace. When women have unequal pay, they can participate the collective bargaining, if they covered by this which can be awarded much larger pay increases than before. With a strong union density that help to ease the
(LUBS5365M)
Assignment One:
Explain why inequalities in pay persist in the UK labour market and how these can be addressed with reference to legislation, social policy and other factors.
Submission Date: 12/03/2014
Word Count: 2992
Introduction
In current society, the gender equalities in pay are obviously in most countries, especially in UK labour market, it is one of the highest gender pay gap in European Union (Rubery, 1998). OECD (2013) represent that GPG is measure of difference between female and male employees’ earnings, when they do the full-time or part-time jobs. The gender pay gap (GPG) remains stubborn although it has improved, the statistic demonstrate there …show more content…
The consequences of gender pay inequalities will result in social exclusion, skill shortage, poverty, undervalue the women’s work and failure in the labor market, therefore it is imperative to take action to improve this situation. This essay will firstly illustrate the reason for persist phenomenon of gender inequalities in pay from three parts: society, individual and workplace. Although the GPG and equalities cannot be completely eliminate but in this essay several ideas will rise to address and narrow the gender pay gap based on the support of the social policy, legislation and other factors.
Reason for pay inequalities persistent in UK labor market
In the view of society, based on the UK historical and influence of primitive society, patriarchy is the main characteristic. Walby (1990) state that male dominate the series of the social practices and structures that to exploit and oppress female, which decide the women 's subordinate status. According to UK pre-labor market experiences, gender have been already socialized into different roles …show more content…
It has a successful procedural change to pay, Heery (2006) claim that “relatively costless from the perspective of the employer that contain access to information on gender pay rates or the adoption of a written equal pay policy.” Otherwise, having a good relationship with the trade union will help solve the problems of the unequal in pay when having the collective bargaining agenda in workplace. When women have unequal pay, they can participate the collective bargaining, if they covered by this which can be awarded much larger pay increases than before. With a strong union density that help to ease the