Opinion
Breaking out of the vicious circle
Rachel Haynes
...quick to point out that these figures do not mean that employers are paying a woman 24 per cent less than her male colleagues doing the same job. In fact the gap is there not because someone somewhere thinks that a woman's work is worth less than a ... man's, but because there are more women in lower-paid jobs than men. And of course more men than women in top executive roles. So, why is this? Company bosses will quite rightly argue that it's not their fault if women employees choose to take a ... reduction in hours and salary to be able to spend more time with their children. They would love to have more female candidates for top jobs, but point out that in reality many women do not pursue promotion because of family commitments. However, a father
