Gender Pay Gap

Breaking the glass ceiling: Why Kim Kyung-Ah's Samsung CEO role matters

Kim Kyung-Ah's appointment as CEO of Samsung Bioepis breaks an 86-year tradition, making her the first woman outside the founding family to lead a Samsung company

Disney settles lawsuit for $43 million over alleged gender pay disparity

As part of the settlement, Disney has agreed to retain a labour economist for three years to analyse pay equity

Apple faces gender pay discrimination lawsuit, women employees seek justice

The lawsuit seeks compensation for lost wages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief for all affected women

Employers taking measures to promote diversity, gender parity, says report

A significant percentage of employers in India are taking active measures to promote diversity and gender parity through progressive policies, upskilling, and flexibility and have realigned their hiring strategies by mandating women hiring at every level across sectors, says a report. According to New research conducted by ManpowerGroup India, 54 per cent of employers in India expressed optimism on their company's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) initiatives being on track in increasing women participation at different levels, way above the global average of 46 per cent. The survey that examined 3,150 Indian employers, noted that internal leadership development programmes are most effective to help retain and secure diversified talent. Sector-wise, the Information Technology (IT) sector leads the way in strengthening its diversity ratio, closely followed by the healthcare and life sciences sector and financials and real estate sector, whereas the consumer goods and

Gender to education and income: India's political gap is narrowing

Right versus Left phenomenon appears to be playing out differently in India

23% of salaried women in India perceive gender pay gap at workplace: Survey

The report is based on a survey of over 800 salaried and self-employed women across 10 cities in India.

Cumulatively ravaging effects of inequality

The drumbeats of corporate inequality are being heard in many ways - from compensation differentials and working hours to work-from-home and gender pay parity

Pay gap persists even in sectors with large women workforce, shows data

Women account for less than one out of eight employees in large companies

American workers want almost $79,000 salary to start new job: US Fed survey

For men the average reservation wage was about $91,000 - and for women it was $25,000 lower than that

Employees' State Insurance Corporation adds 20.23 lakh new members in May

Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has added 20.23 lakh new subscribers in May 2023, according to the latest payroll data. The provisional payroll data of ESIC reveals that 20.23 lakh new employees have been added in May 2023, a labour ministry statement said. Around 24,886 new establishments have been registered and brought under the social security umbrella of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation in May 2023, thus ensuring more coverage, it stated. According to the data, more jobs have been generated for the youth of the nation as out of the total 20.23 lakh employees added during May 2023, 9.40 lakh employees up to the age group of 25 years constitute the majority of new registrations, which is 47 per cent of the total employees. Gender-wise analysis of payroll data indicates that the net enrolment of female members has been 3.96 lakh in May 2023. The data also revealed that a total of 71 transgender employees have got registered under ESI Scheme in May 2023. I

Goldman Sachs agrees to pay $215 mn to end case on underpaying women

Though the trial was to focus on the statistics of pay and promotion, and a judge had said the question of a boys' club atmosphere didn't qualify for class treatment

Pay gaps, uneven representation: Tech sector far from gender parity

The imbalance is more evident in the compensation offered to male and female employees in the IT sector

Only one woman for every eight on India Inc payroll: CFA study

In FY22, the average ratio of median remuneration of women to men was 0.97, suggesting gender pay parity

Women bosses fare worst in accumulated savings: Gender Wealth Equity report

Gender wealth equity varies the most in the Asia-Pacific regions and the least in North America, finds the WTW Global Gender Wealth Equity report

Pay parity: BCCI announces equal match fee for men, women cricketers

The BCCI's proposed plan for the one-month tournament, to be held in March 2023, involves a total of 22 matches

TMS Ep222: Bull run returns, gender pay gap in sports, US Fed meeting, I2U2

What drove the bull run in the markets? Why women sports persons get paid less than men? What to expect from the upcoming US Fed meeting? What's the geopolitical implication of I2U2? Answers here

Women in healthcare sector globally paid 24% less than men: UN report

The report documents a raw gender pay gap of roughly 20 percentage points which jumps to 24 percentage points when factors such as age, education and working time are taken into account.

Gender pay gap deepens during Covid, women left behind on pay hike: Study

Gender pay gap has deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic, with women being left behind on pay raises and bonuses, says an ADP study

Female MBA graduates earn $11,000 less than male peers, finds global study

Even women that seek out high paying industries and jobs face a pay gap, says findings from the Forte Foundation.

US Soccer says it has offered men, women identical contracts

The men's contract expired in December 2018. The women's agreement runs through this December.