Executives at some 8,000 companies with over 250 employees are poring over spreadsheets ahead of new rules that will force them to publish by April 2018 any pay disparities between men and women. That should give female workers a little extra leverage when it comes to seeking equal pay with their male colleagues, says Stephanie Baker on Bloomberg.com.
Taking her cue from David Cameron, Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to fight the “burning injustice” that means “if you’re a woman, you will earn less than a man”. In Britain, women earn 19.1% less on average, compared with 16.4% less across the European Union, according to Eurostat data from 2012, as the map shows.