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Men Behaving Badly

Posted on 12/12/2011 by Michael Scutt • 4 Comments

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In case it were needed, the Daily Telegraph today reported on a case where “laddish” behaviour in the workplace led to a substantial payout for the female Claimant, Miss Angelina Ashby, which included £15,000 for injury to feelings and £9,158 for loss of earnings.  Read the article for the details, but this case should serve as a reminder that this sort of behaviour just isn’t acceptable in the workplace.

Male workers made unpleasant jibes about her weight and appearance and viewed pornography online.  When she issued a grievance she was criticised for being too sensitive and “unmanageable”.  She won her claim for sex discrimination and constructive dismissal against her employers. There are no great surprises there.

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Why Employment Law Reforms Will Harm Gender Equality in the Workplace

Posted on 05/11/2011 by Michael Scutt • 3 Comments

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How do you achieve pay equality in the workplace between the genders?  David Cameron said in Parliament the other day that having more women in the boardroom would have a beneficial effect  – on what is not clear but I’m sure he’s right.  He was questioned in relation to excessive pay awards and bonuses to senior executives and I can’t see that women should be any less greedy than men, taken as a whole.  But perhaps his point was wider than that.

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The Equality Act: Here at Last – Worth the Wait?

Posted on 01/10/2010 by Michael Scutt • 4 Comments

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Today marks the introduction of the long-awaited Equality Act (EA10), a piece of legislation proposed by Labour and brought in by the current government.  Click here for the BBC’s story on it. Coincidentally perhaps, today also sees the general release of the film “Made in Dagenham” about the 1968 strike by women at the Ford car factory over sex discrimination and is credited with having led to the Equal Pay Act 1970.

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Equal Pay

Posted on 21/05/2009 by michaelscutt • 0 Comments

I was watching “The Trouble with Working Women” on BBC2 last night.  The newsreader Sophie Raworth and a bloke called Justin investigated why women don’t earn as much as men in the workplace.  I don’t think it gave any precise answer as to why it occurs; it merely highlighted that the Equal Pay Act 1970 has done little, or nothing, to reduce the gender pay gap. 

According to the statistics they presented, if I heard it properly whilst burning the supper, women in the City get paid 60% less than men.  60%!  If this is correct it is incredible.  I can fully accept that a pay gap exists between the sexes and that discrimination still occurs but the amount seems amazing.  

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