COVID-19 will likely widen yawning migrant pay gap – UN
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Migrants earn up to 42 per cent less than national workers in high-income countries, with the COVID-19 pandemic likely to exacerbate the pay gap and women worse affected than men, UN labour experts said on Monday. The pay discrepancy has widened markedly in many countries in the last five years, notably […]
UK threatens action against 1,500 firms over silence on gender pay gap
Thomson Reuters Foundation About 1,500 large British companies that failed to meet a government deadline to report the pay gap between male and female employees could face legal action, Britain’s equality watchdog said on Thursday. A law introduced last year requires companies and charities with more than 250 workers – covering almost half of Britain’s […]