Women have effectively been working for free for the first month and a half of the year compared to men, says the TUC General Secretary
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Women have effectively been working for free for the first month and a half of the year compared to men, says the TUC General Secretary
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Trades Union Congress says women have worked a month and a half for free this year and legislation is needed
The average woman employee "effectively works for 47 days of the year for free," according to the Trades Union Congress.
Office for National Statistics already under scrutiny over quality of its figures
ONS data shows they are working for free from 1 September, almost three months earlier than Equal Pay Day for all women
Men on average take home 14% more five years after leaving university, according to FT analysis
The numbers show pay gaps are lower when the CEO is a woman. Shame there are so few of them
