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| Gender pay gap progress 'grinding to a halt' | Gender pay gap progress 'grinding to a halt' |
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| Progress in closing the gender pay gap appears to be "grinding to a halt", according to a report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | Progress in closing the gender pay gap appears to be "grinding to a halt", according to a report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. |
| The commission said that on average women earned 16% less than men, widening to 27% for women aged 40. | The commission said that on average women earned 16% less than men, widening to 27% for women aged 40. |
| Among other equality issues, it said that girls of all ethnic backgrounds outperformed boys in education. | Among other equality issues, it said that girls of all ethnic backgrounds outperformed boys in education. |
| Commission chairman Trevor Phillips said there was a risk of society being divided by inequality. | Commission chairman Trevor Phillips said there was a risk of society being divided by inequality. |
| The study also warns that the ageing population is creating new kinds of "chronic disadvantage", as many middle-aged couples struggle to look after two generations: their parents and teenage children. A quarter of women in their 50s are carers. | The study also warns that the ageing population is creating new kinds of "chronic disadvantage", as many middle-aged couples struggle to look after two generations: their parents and teenage children. A quarter of women in their 50s are carers. |
| When it came to pay, the report said that the gender pay gap was lowest for the under 30s, rising more than five-fold by the time workers reached 40, with a "pernicious earnings penalty" affecting some ethnic minority and disabled people. | When it came to pay, the report said that the gender pay gap was lowest for the under 30s, rising more than five-fold by the time workers reached 40, with a "pernicious earnings penalty" affecting some ethnic minority and disabled people. |
| Women with no qualifications faced a 58% loss in earnings over their lifetime if they had children, said the commission in its 700-page report, entitled How Fair is Britain? | Women with no qualifications faced a 58% loss in earnings over their lifetime if they had children, said the commission in its 700-page report, entitled How Fair is Britain? |
| Disabled men earned 11% less than other male workers, while the gap was 22% for women. | Disabled men earned 11% less than other male workers, while the gap was 22% for women. |
| Black graduates faced a pay penalty of up to 24%, the study suggested. | Black graduates faced a pay penalty of up to 24%, the study suggested. |
| Total household wealth of the top 10% in society was almost 100 times higher than for the poorest 10%, while one in five people lived in a household with less than 60% of average income. | Total household wealth of the top 10% in society was almost 100 times higher than for the poorest 10%, while one in five people lived in a household with less than 60% of average income. |
| The report also suggested that men and women from the highest social class could expect to live for up to seven years longer than those from lower socio-economic groups; and black Caribbean and Pakistani babies were twice as likely to die in the first year of life as Bangladeshi and white babies. | The report also suggested that men and women from the highest social class could expect to live for up to seven years longer than those from lower socio-economic groups; and black Caribbean and Pakistani babies were twice as likely to die in the first year of life as Bangladeshi and white babies. |
| The report also said that conviction rates for rape were "stubbornly low", that obesity was on the rise, and that two-thirds of gay, lesbian and transsexual secondary students said they had been bullied. | The report also said that conviction rates for rape were "stubbornly low", that obesity was on the rise, and that two-thirds of gay, lesbian and transsexual secondary students said they had been bullied. |
| Mr Phillips said: "This review holds up the mirror to fairness in Britain. It is the most complete picture of its kind ever compiled. | Mr Phillips said: "This review holds up the mirror to fairness in Britain. It is the most complete picture of its kind ever compiled. |
| "It shows that we are a people who have moved light years in our attitudes to all kinds of human difference, and in our desire to be a truly fair society, but that we are still a country where our achievements haven't yet caught up with our aspirations." | "It shows that we are a people who have moved light years in our attitudes to all kinds of human difference, and in our desire to be a truly fair society, but that we are still a country where our achievements haven't yet caught up with our aspirations." |
| He said that 21st Century Britain faced "the danger of a society divided by the barriers of inequality and injustice". | He said that 21st Century Britain faced "the danger of a society divided by the barriers of inequality and injustice". |
| "For some, the gateways to opportunity appear permanently closed, no matter how hard they try; whilst others seem to have been issued with an 'access all areas' pass at birth," he added. | |
| He warned that recession, demographic change and new technology "all threaten to deepen the fault lines between insiders and outsiders". |