I read somewhere (I'm pretty sure it was the WSJ) that Woman doing the same job with the same experience level are paid, on average, 8% more than their male counterparts.
Interesting. Got a citation? That would of course be illegal. Equality law doesn't say "You can't pay women less than men", it says "You cannot pay people less based on their gender".
Similar laws have been used to require (in EU) that you cannot charge men more for driving insurance than women.
"Recent studies have shown that the wage gap shrinks—or even reverses—when relevant factors are taken into account and comparisons are made between men and women in similar circumstances. In a 2010 study of single, childless urban workers between the ages of 22 and 30, the research firm Reach Advisors found that women earned an average of 8% more than their male counterparts. Given that women are outpacing men in educational attainment, and that our economy is increasingly geared toward knowledge-based jobs, it makes sense that women's earnings are going up compared to men's."
I'm not sure on the original source, but thats the WSJ sorta citing it. If it is true, I'm not sure it'd strictly be illegal but it does suggests that feminists who don't understand equality is about fairness rather then sameness may be pushing further than they should.
Interesting. Got a citation? That would of course be illegal. Equality law doesn't say "You can't pay women less than men", it says "You cannot pay people less based on their gender".
Similar laws have been used to require (in EU) that you cannot charge men more for driving insurance than women.