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Gender Pay Gap
The imbalance is more evident in the compensation offered to male and female employees in the IT sector
In FY22, the average ratio of median remuneration of women to men was 0.97, suggesting gender pay parity
Gender wealth equity varies the most in the Asia-Pacific regions and the least in North America, finds the WTW Global Gender Wealth Equity report
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The report documents a raw gender pay gap of roughly 20 percentage points which jumps to 24 percentage points when factors such as age, education and working time are taken into account.
Gender pay gap has deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic, with women being left behind on pay raises and bonuses, says an ADP study
Even women that seek out high paying industries and jobs face a pay gap, says findings from the Forte Foundation.
The men's contract expired in December 2018. The women's agreement runs through this December.
They claim that Google pays men more for doing the same job, seek more than $600 million in damages.
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In a regular recession, the pay gap between men and women shrinks by two percentage points as men tend to get hit harder by job losses
It is only in the BFSI sector the disparity is two per cent more in favour of men
Surprisingly, women are paid higher hourly wages than men in Bangladesh.
Construction is the highest paying sector for women in rural areas while mining and quarrying is the highest paying sector for men, the data show
Significant progress has been made, but there is still a lot of catching up to do
Earlier, businesses with over 100 workers were asked to collect pay data by gender, race, ethnicity
There are more men than women in high paying functional and leadership roles, says report