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The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in a case involving an unsuccessful job applicant who wanted to know whether the recruiting employer engaged another applicant at the end of the recruitment process.

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Improving equality between women and men is essential to the EU's response to the current economic crisis, according to the European Commission's latest annual report on gender equality.

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Working Families has published its annual report on the issues raised by parents calling its free legal advice line, and reveals that parents are facing impossible choices and discrimination in work.

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Introducing quotas to increase women's representation in political, administrative and business bodies and reducing the pay gap between women and men to respond to the current crisis are among the many proposals that have been approved by the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights.

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With International Woman’s Day on 8th March 2012, and the EU committed to improving the number of women on executive boards, data issued by Mercer shows the extent to which women are under-represented in senior executive and management positions across Europe.

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Edinburgh City Council has agreed to settle a large number of equal pay claims and withdraw an appeal to the Supreme Court, reports the BBC.

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A former cleaner at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh has won her employment tribunal claim for sexual harassment, reports the Scotsman.

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UNISON has welcomed a Court of Session judgment in favour of female members equal pay claims against Edinburgh City Council.

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The Prime Minister has welcomed the steps forward shown in the Women on Boards six month progress report, commending the companies who have pledged to increase the number of women in senior positions, and challenging more businesses to follow suit.

 

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Despite a legal framework requiring equal pay for equal work between men and women there is still a significant gender pay gap: women who work full time in the public sector are paid on average 10% less than men and that figure rises to 19.8% in the private sector.

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New figures released by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) show that female executives are earning as much as their male counterparts for the first time since its records began, albeit only at junior executive level.

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New research has found that almost two thirds (64%) of employers do not expect female employees to return to work after their maternity leave. Almost half of these employers say this expectation is based on ‘previous experience.’

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A new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland shows a continuing trend of women being passed over for top jobs in Scotland.

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A new report claims that the glass ceiling preventing women from climbing to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder will still be firmly in place at the end of this decade.

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A new research report has been published which presents the findings of Ireland's first nationally representative survey of women's experiences at work during and after pregnancy.

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EU legislation is needed to boost the number of women in decision-making positions, says a draft resolution approved by the European Parliament's Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee.

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A study from the Employers Forum on Age (EFA) has revealed that one in six workers feel they have been discriminated against when applying for a job or promotion at some point in their career because of favouritism in the workplace.

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A former office manager for a timber merchant has won her sexual discrimination case at an employment tribunal.

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Lord Sugar has criticised current UK employment laws which prevent employers from being able to ask prospective female employees during a recruitment interview about their plans with regard to having children and childcare.

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Lord Davies has published his report ‘Women on Boards’ which sets out a series of recommendations to increase the number of women on company boards.

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