Employment disputes to rise with pay disparities?

Published on 23 Aug 2010 under category: legal

Employers could see more disputes arise in the workplace following new estimates that women will face almost six more decades of unequal pay.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and XpertHR's 2010 National Management Salary Survey found that women managers will have to wait another 57 years to reach the same salary level as male counterparts.
This is despite the fact that women's pay has gone up by 2.8 per cent over the past 12 months, outstripping that of men who have seen a 2.3 per cent rise.
At management level, there is a £10,071 disparity, with the gap in some instances rising to 24 per cent.
More workplace disputes could happen as women demand salaries equal to that of their male colleagues.
According to the research findings, this has led to a much higher level of resignations from women.
Only 3.6 per cent of men left their positions voluntarily last year, while 7.7 per cent of women resigned.

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