Submitted by Sharon Elliott on March 23, 2012 - 09:46
For visitors to the Women's Equality Network (really good site by the way) who may not be familiar with the creative sector including TV, I just thought it was important to correct any impression that the creative industries are some kind of free-for-all from an employment perspective. There are many good employers with a sound approach to employment practice (some of whom make mistakes) and of course there are those whose focus on positive treatment of their workforce is minimal.
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Submitted by Emma Satyamurti on March 16, 2012 - 10:32
Submitted by Camilla Palmer on March 15, 2012 - 12:14
Another familiar story: some investment banks treat clients and employees like 'muppets'. Employees can be marched out of the building by security at 5 minutes notice - even longstanding employees who have been 'overly loyal' to their dysfunctional family - the bank.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/mar/14/goldman-sachs-employees-g...
Exchange your experience on the WEN website. Have you been
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Submitted by Rachel Irwin on March 14, 2012 - 10:45
The Fawcett Society said today that 22,000 of the 27,000 who lost their jobs in the last quarter are female.
Why? Is this because more women are part-time (43% of women compared with 13% of men)? Or because more women work in the hard-hit public sector?
And what can we do about it?
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Submitted by Rachel Irwin on March 13, 2012 - 12:17
Just looking at the news story about the increase in FTSE 100 women board members.
Any rise in the number of women on boards is welcome, but these figures need unpicking. The rise is actually pretty small – and more worryingly, it’s plateauing. 5 interesting facts from the report are:
1. 21 of the FTSE 100 companies have no female board members at all.
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Submitted by Camilla Palmer on March 11, 2012 - 10:42
A recent surey by LexisNexis and the Law Society said that the level of commitment required to reach the very top of the legal profession makes it difficult to have a family. Around 80% blame the demands of the job for creating a poor work-life balance. With more women than men entering the profession why are less than 20% of equity partners women? Answer: pregnancy/maternity, the long hours culture and prejudice against flexible working.
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Submitted by Helen on March 8, 2012 - 12:47
The Daily Mail may think its is every builder's God-given right to whistle at women on the street but that may end soon as the UK has signed up to a Council of Europe Convention on violence against women - excellent news. Let's hope it means the end of leery comments in the office.
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Submitted by Becca on March 4, 2012 - 23:46
Whilst facing a redundancy situation recently, I was stunned to discover that when a woman returns to work part time after maternity leave, after years of full-time service, redundancy pay is only calculated on her part time salary (disregarding the years of full time service she has put in).
This is blatantly discriminatory. Is there anyone campaigning around this issue, and for a change in the law? I did a search and found a few people complaining about being in the same situation, but no one campaigning or challenging it.
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Submitted by Helen on March 1, 2012 - 14:19
Interesting article in Accountancy 27.2.12 which talks about some recent research suggesting that companies that help women break the glass ceiling may produce higher returns for shareholders in periods of market volatility. The report,Women in the workplace, looks at gender equality treds in large and mid-cap publicly-traded corporations globally.
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Submitted by Camilla Palmer on February 24, 2012 - 14:55
Recent research by Laurence Simons shows that only 16% of partners in Magic Circle law firms in the UK are female. Two thirds of female lawyers state their gender is a barrier to their success. This is no surprise and there have been a stream of articles in the Law Society Gazette (last one on 23 February).
WHY are there not more women equity partners
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