Gender Pay Gap

Only about 10 percent of the most powerful roles such as CEO, COO, and CFO, are held by women, the JPMorgan Chase & Co report stated.

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Women earn 22-30% less than their male colleagues in popular tech jobs: TeamLease report

Even at the fresher levels, women are earning around 15.38 percent lower salaries as compared to men

Here is one way to close the gender pay gap

To create a level playing field, companies need to tap women for the unsolicited promotions that are still mostly men’s domain

Steps towards gender equality taken in 2022 lowest since start of the century: World Bank

At the current pace, it will take at least 50 years to close the legal gender gap when it comes to economic participation, shows data.

Startups limit hiring senior staffers, gig workers get a pay hike

Payments to gig workers have also seen a growth of over 150 percent since October 2021. The report highlighted that many companies have started to employ a gig workforce over their permanent employees as well

Women hold only 15% of C-suite roles in India, far below the global average of 25%

While in India 15 percent of C-suite roles are held by women, it is 27 percent in the US, 33 percent in Singapore, 25 percent each in South Africa and the UK, 24 percent in France and 19 percent in Germany.

Indra Nooyi to top bosses on gender pay gap: Would you treat your daughters this way?

In an article in her newsletter “Insight”, Indra Nooyi said she believed paying women less than men was a “burning hole in our collective conscience”.

Banker awarded 2 million pounds in her case for equal pay

Stacey Macken, who worked with French retail banking company BNP Paribas, complained that she had been not only been paid much less than her male colleagues during her four-year stint but also subjected to derogatory remarks.

Factors that determine pay for actors, and why actresses seem to draw the short end of the stick

Ultimately, it's about RoI.

Gender tax: From clothing to cosmetics, why are women paying more for products despite earning less?

Indian women pay higher amount than men do for similar products. Why then, is gender tax, sometimes inappropriately called 'pink tax', not a major issue?

BBC under fire for gender pay gap as top salaries revealed

For the first time in its 94-year existence, the BBC was this year forced to release a list of its employees paid more than 150,000 pounds (USD 195,000, 170,000 euros) between 2016/2017, after a change in its charter last year.

Glass ceilings at workplace are yet to be broken

Be it in case of the pay, promotions, second careers or work conditions for blue-collared women workers, there is a long bridge to be crossed.

Gender Pay Gap: Why male models are paid less than female models

Much has been spoken and written about the gender pay gap, but here is one industry in the country where men are actively discriminated against - fashion.