According to a CIPD report, Sheffield City Council could be set for a wave of pay compensation claims after the Court of Appeal ruled that its bonus system was sex discriminatory. Workers in male-dominated occupations – such as gardeners and rubbish collectors – have been receiving bonus payments for decades, while Sheffield’s mainly female carers received no such incentive pay. This inequality in pay was described by the Appeal Court as “tainted by sexism”, and ruled that the carers were the victims of indirect sexual discrimination.
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Law Society research* highlighted a resistance to flexible working within legal firms as 'the single most significant obstacle to women reaching senior roles’ and women are still extremely underrepresented at partner level despite...,p>
Read moreToday’s figures* show that 1.09 million women are now out of a job, a seven per cent increase on the same period last year...
Sadly, nobody can really show you the way or the path to follow. They can guide you, but it’s up to you to do it. The very first thing is to start thinking for yourself...
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Combining what you know with who you know may be exactly what you need to land your next job. A general consensus about networking is that it creates a pool of contacts from which you can draw leads, ideas, referrals and information for your job search.
