[UK] Firms urged to publish salaries to boost recruitment of women

The UK government has urged employers to publish salary details in job adverts to help encourage more women into higher-paying positions, in a move to address the gender pay gap, Bloomberg Equality reports.

The government’s equalities office said in an emailed statement that employers being more transparent about the salary range and not asking applicants to disclose salary history in the recruitment process would allow women to negotiate pay on a “fairer basis,” which could have a “significant impact” in tackling pay gaps.

Yesterday the government launched a pilot program with some employers to coincide with International Women’s Day. It cited a study from the Fawcett Society - a charity campaigning for gender equality - which found that requiring the disclosure of salary history had a “particularly negative impact on women’s confidence.”

This can “mean that past pay discrimination follows women and other groups throughout their career,” Fawcett Society chief executive Jemima Olchawski said in the statement.

Source: Bloomberg Equality

(Quotes via original reporting)

The UK government has urged employers to publish salary details in job adverts to help encourage more women into higher-paying positions, in a move to address the gender pay gap, Bloomberg Equality reports.

The government’s equalities office said in an emailed statement that employers being more transparent about the salary range and not asking applicants to disclose salary history in the recruitment process would allow women to negotiate pay on a “fairer basis,” which could have a “significant impact” in tackling pay gaps.

Yesterday the government launched a pilot program with some employers to coincide with International Women’s Day. It cited a study from the Fawcett Society - a charity campaigning for gender equality - which found that requiring the disclosure of salary history had a “particularly negative impact on women’s confidence.”

This can “mean that past pay discrimination follows women and other groups throughout their career,” Fawcett Society chief executive Jemima Olchawski said in the statement.

Source: Bloomberg Equality

(Quotes via original reporting)