Pay discrimination against women

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Unions and local authorities are moaning because they are having to sort out discrimination against women going back decades.

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I'm shocked. Bad enough that councils have been getting away with this; even worse that they and the unions are now trying to perpetuate discrimination by making deals that deny women their full, legal rights to compensation. Equal pay has been the law for more than 30 years, FFS.

"Equal pay has been the law for more than 30 years"

We all know women aren't paid the same as men though, it's shocking.

you are dead right there, Shaniece. No wonder there's a 20 per cent pay gap, though, if all unions and employers continue to fiddle the figures even once they have been forced to admit discrimination.

The women affected are only allowed to claim back six years of lost pay, too - so they are not even getting their fair whack.

I would love to see someone try and cut a deal like this in a private sector company.

Every company I've worked in (bar one) had an unspoken pay disparity between men & women: you gave the job a different name and paid at least 30% less.

All the women were Account Managers. The blokes were Sales Directors or Sales Managers. Women were "better at managing relationships". Men were "better at bringing in the business". In actual fact they did exactly the same jobs.

I actually don't think it was intentional. The (male) managers actually believed their own bullshit.