Figures suggest an increase in women's pay
08/02/2010 15:57:00
Female workers in their 30s and 50s with middle incomes have seen an improvement in their full-time weekly earnings since 2006, a new report has revealed.
According to the National Equalities Panel, almost all age groups of women improved their position at work, with better-paid female employees in their 50s and 60s seeing the largest salary gains.
Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, said: "It is encouraging that women are earning more at work. Unions have fought long and hard for equality in the workplace.
"Legislation like the Equality Bill is crucial if we are to ensure that more is done for the many women who are still on low pay, to reflect their skills and the important work that they do."
Almost 90 per cent of women and 81 per cent of men support proposals to introduce a legal requirement that would make it mandatory for employers to check they are paying female and male employees equally.
In addition, the Fawcett Society reports that the mean average gender pay gap in Great Britain - including full-time and part-time work - is 21.2 per cent.
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