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Is covid-19 making the workplace more unfair for women?
The Economist, a British international weekly newspaper, November 2020.
It's the law that men and women should be paid the same for doing the same, or similar, jobs. It began with the Equal Pay Act of 1970 and was confirmed in the Equality Act of 2010. However, in 2020 the gender pay gap still exists women are being paid an average of 15% less than men and research suggests that the covid-19 pandemic might make it worse.
The gap had been narrowing¹. But during lockdown, many families reverted back to the traditional set-up of mothers doing more childcare than fathers. Research shows that the gap between the amount of time men and women spent on childcare grew with mothers doing around one-and-a-half hours a day more than fathers.
Experts believe that we are at a "coronavirus crossroads": unless more is done to support working mothers, the gender pay gap could widen² too. The Fawcett Society, a gender equality charity, says that the pandemic could have a "devastating" impact on equality in the workplace.
In October, a MP for the Labour Party, Stella Creasy, led the call for change by presenting a new bil * l ^ 3 to parliament. If it is passed, businesses with over 100 employees will have to publish information about how they pay men and women. This would stop businesses from keeping their gender pay gap a secret and may prompt them to fix it if they have one.
"While women first started asking about equal pay in 1883, they still don't have it. We have started the conversation and now we need action," Ms Creasy said. "It is better for everyone in society when we go to work with a fair wage."
The Equal Pay Implementation and Claims Bill will be discussed in Parliament on January 15th, 2021.
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Is covid-19 making the workplace more unfair for women?
The Economist, a British international weekly newspaper, November 2020.
It's the law that men and women should be paid the same for doing the same, or similar, jobs. It began with the Equal Pay Act of 1970 and was confirmed in the Equality Act of 2010. However, in 2020 the gender pay gap still exists women are being paid an average of 15% less than men and research suggests that the covid-19 pandemic might make it worse.
The gap had been narrowing¹. But during lockdown, many families reverted back to the traditional set-up of mothers doing more childcare than fathers. Research shows that the gap between the amount of time men and women spent on childcare grew with mothers doing around one-and-a-half hours a day more than fathers.
Experts believe that we are at a "coronavirus crossroads": unless more is done to support working mothers, the gender pay gap could widen² too. The Fawcett Society, a gender equality charity, says that the pandemic could have a "devastating" impact on equality in the workplace.
In October, a MP for the Labour Party, Stella Creasy, led the call for change by presenting a new bil * l ^ 3 to parliament. If it is passed, businesses with over 100 employees will have to publish information about how they pay men and women. This would stop businesses from keeping their gender pay gap a secret and may prompt them to fix it if they have one.
"While women first started asking about equal pay in 1883, they still don't have it. We have started the conversation and now we need action," Ms Creasy said. "It is better for everyone in society when we go to work with a fair wage."
The Equal Pay Implementation and Claims Bill will be discussed in Parliament on January 15th, 2021.
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**Compte-rendu du Texte : "L'Impact de la COVID-19 sur l'Équité au Travail pour les Femmes"**
Le document, extrait de The Economist en novembre 2020, traite de l'impact potentiel de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur l'équité salariale entre hommes et femmes au travail. Malgré la législation existante au Royaume-Uni depuis 1970, stipulant l'égalité de rémunération pour des travaux similaires, la disparité persiste avec les femmes gagnant en moyenne 15% de moins que les hommes en 2020.
Le texte révèle que pendant le confinement, de nombreuses familles ont adopté des rôles traditionnels, avec les mères assumant davantage de responsabilités de garde d'enfants. La recherche indique une augmentation de la disparité dans le temps consacré à la garde d'enfants, avec les mères investissant environ une heure et demie de plus par jour que les pères.
Des experts estiment que la pandémie est un "carrefour du coronavirus", avertissant que sans un soutien accru aux mères actives, l'écart salarial entre les sexes pourrait s'élargir. La Fawcett Society, une organisation pour l'égalité des sexes, prévoit des conséquences "dévastatrices" sur l'égalité en milieu professionnel.
La députée travailliste Stella Creasy a introduit un projet de loi exigeant que les entreprises de plus de 100 employés divulguent les informations sur la rémunération hommes-femmes. Cette initiative vise à rendre publiques les disparités salariales et à inciter les entreprises à les rectifier.
Le projet de loi, intitulé "Equal Pay Implementation and Claims," sera discuté au Parlement le 15 janvier 2021, soulignant la nécessité d'une action concrète pour atteindre une rémunération équitable, évoquée depuis 1883.
*Source : The Economist, novembre 2020.*