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Pay Gaps #28 – Does the NHS Harm Gender Equality?

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“We’re committed to Gender Equality!”

As we approach International Women’s Day next month, expect to see more and more employers saying something like this in their PR.  It’s an easy statement to make but what does Gender Equality mean to them and you?  To encourage employers to be clearer on what this means for them, I want to explore 6 possible definitions.  Along the way, I show some definitions of gender equality in the UK are out of reach unless half a million women working for the NHS (National Health Service) are replaced by men.

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UK Weather Trends #24 – Annual Temperatures in 2022

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The 2022 calendar year was the hottest year on record in the UK beating the previous high recorded in 2014.  Does that mean that the UK is starting a new warming phase?  Using a technique known as a Control Chart, I show the answer is “Not Yet“.

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UK Economy Tracker #10 – 2022 Q3

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UK Inflation has risen sharply since the start of 2022 and dominates the media and politics today.  It is now having knock on effects, most notably on wage rises which are lagging behind inflation.  The aftermath of the COVID19 induced recession continues to be considerable economic uncertainty.

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Pay Gap Case Study #6 – How Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister

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Rishi Sunak is the UK’s first Prime Minister from a non-white ethnic minority. Did this happen by accident or were the Tories working towards this day over the last 20 years?

A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald by an Australian journalist Latika Burke argues it was the latter. This is well worth reading because it goes into some depth about what the Conservatives did to get to this position.  When I combine this article with what I have said before about closing pay and representation gaps, I consider the Conservative party to be a valuable case study for any employer who wishes to close their gaps.

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