Key Policy
Eradicate gender pay gap
Description
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Corresponding Charter Article
Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for themselves and any dependents an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented if necessary by other means of social protection. Everyone has the right to form and to join a trade union for the protection of their interests. Where workers form or invite a union to represent their rights, the union will have fair representation at executive level witin an organisation.
Policies
EQ033 Employers must remove gender pay gap and pay inequalities for all or face fines
EQ072 Create a new Department for Equalities
EQ073 Ensure all our policies and laws are equality-impact assessed in order to deliver a fairer society for all
EQ081 Require all employers with over 250 employees to obtain government certification on equality
EQ083 Ensure legislation protects pregnant women in the workplace from prejudicial dismissal
EQ084 Require all employers to have flexible working, including a menopause policy, menstrual leave and sickness and absence practices
EQ085 Enable positive action for recruitment to roles where employers can justify the need for more diversity.
EQ088 Ensure women's refuges receive the long-term sustainable funding they need.