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  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Executive Pay
    Retail chiefs in UK earn among highest multiples of workers’ wages

    Report comparing boardroom and shopfloor pay highlights yawning disparity in earnings

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Business still has much to learn on gender equality

    Real progress relies on promoting more women through the ranks

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Special Report
    Diversity Leaders

    Employees evaluate 850 European companies on diversity of gender, ethnicity, age, disability and sexual orientation. Includes the second annual ranking and winner profile. Plus: how luxury fashion is taking steps to boost inclusion; interview with the female chief of a Norwegian bank; what hostility towards Poland’s LGBT+ people means for the role of the workplace

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Europe’s most inclusive companies — as ranked by employees

    The FT assesses 850 employers on diversity of gender, age, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation in their workforces

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Companies strive to match diversity ambitions with action

    Businesses acknowledge the long road ahead despite progress made so far

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    BBC cleared in row over pay discrimination

    Watchdog finds ‘no unlawful acts’ at broadcaster despite underpayment of female journalists

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Furlough leaves 2m UK employees earning less than minimum wage

    Lowly paid workers have suffered the biggest falls in earnings due to the pandemic, official figures show

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    Jude Webber
    Mexican women never really left the 1950s

    Covid-19 has exacerbated gender inequality in a country where it was already rife

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    Special Report
    Women in Business

    Employers help parents working from home; Faye Ward, the entrepreneur behind British hit movie Rocks; Jane Fraser’s boost for women on Wall St; a female blueprint for cities; and tips for remote workers colleagues to stay connected

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Focus on UK gender pay gap slips after Covid-19

    Companies urged to submit figures as salary imbalances grow

  • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
    FT Magazine
    How to close the gender pay gap — from the women trying to do it

    From Billie Jean King to Aditi Rao Hydari, eight global trailblazers on speeding up change in the workplace

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Bridgewater Associates
    Bridgewater sued by former co-chief executive

    Eileen Murray reveals gender discrimination dispute with world’s largest hedge fund

  • Monday, 13 July, 2020
    Asda equal pay battle heads to Supreme Court

    Mainly female shop workers fight for parity with mostly male depot workers

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    Special ReportWorking From Home
    Will Facebook’s salary-by-location move set precedent?

    Cuts for staff working from home in cheaper areas could change supply-and-demand dynamics

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Coronavirus threatens to wipe out gender equality gains, UN agency warns

    International Labour Organization says women are at greater risk of losing their jobs

  • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
    Executive Pay
    UK companies that took government support top pay ratios

    FTSE 100 users of coronavirus schemes paid CEOs 80 times median employee earnings on average

  • Friday, 29 May, 2020
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    Coronavirus will have a long-term impact on work and retirement

    Demographic upheaval will be felt for years to come influencing size of future labour forces

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
    Reporting of UK companies’ gender pay gaps tumbles in pandemic

    Only half of eligible groups submit data after government removes requirement because of coronavirus

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Isabel Berwick
    Why I might tell you what I earn . . . but not here

    Would you share your salary with a colleague? I did — let me know if you decide to give it a try too

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Would making salaries public help end disparities?

    Advocates for pay transparency say it would close the gender pay gap

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Sam Smethers
    Six stubborn myths about equal pay between men and women

    ‘Female colleagues do not ask for a rise’, and other persistent misunderstandings

  • Monday, 24 February, 2020
    BBC
    BBC faces dozens more pay disputes

    Disclosure comes as broadcaster settles with presenter Samira Ahmed

  • Monday, 3 February, 2020
    Gender pay gap widens in 4 UK government departments

    Figures reveal mixed picture of men’s and women’s pay in Britain’s civil service 

  • Monday, 27 January, 2020
    Former TalkTalk manager in gender discrimination case

    Woman goes to tribunal after discovering she earned 40% less than male colleagues

  • Monday, 27 January, 2020
    MBA
    Pay gap: female MBAs still lag but are gaining ground

    Male alumni earn more and enjoy a bigger pay jump three years after finishing degree

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