Employers are ignoring gender pay gaps One in five young women (19 per cent, or more than a million) say they are illegally paid less than their male colleagues for the same or similar work, rising to one in four (25 per cent) for those aged 25-30.
Gender discrimination is rife A third of young women have experienced sex discrimination when working or looking for work (31 per cent).
Women bear the brunt of low pay, with debt levels increasing Four in ten young women (40 per cent) say it is a “real struggle” to make their cash last to the end of the month, compared to 29 per cent of young men. This rises to 58 per cent of women aged 25 to 30. Mental health concerns are skyrocketing Half of young women say that their work has had a negative impact on their mental health (52 per cent women, 42 per cent men). Equality is a long way off but there is still hope of achieving it • Half of young women (51 per cent) think that it is unlikely that gender discrimination in the UK will be a thing of the past by the time they are 40.
For full details of the findings from the survey and to read the full report, see the press release from Young Women’s Trust.
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EEA migration in the UK: Final report 20 September 2018
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published its final report on the current and likely future patterns of EEA migration and the impacts of that migration to provide an evidence base for the design of a new migration system in 2021. Proposals include changes to the Tier 2 visa system - removing the cap, widening the range of jobs permitted, and reducing bureaucracy. The proposals mean that the change would be less for medium-skilled workers than low-skilled workers and less still for high-skilled workers. For non-EEA workers, the Tier 2 proposals would make it easier to hire migrants into high and medium-skilled jobs but make no change for lower-skilled. Background In July 2017, the Home Secretary commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to report on the current and likely future patterns of EEA migration and the impacts of that migration. The intention is to provide an evidence base for the design of a new migration system after the end of the implementation period in 2021. In July 2017, the Committee published a briefing paper outlining the patterns of EEA migration and some of the key issues. In March 2018, the Committee published an Interim Update summarising, in a critical way, the 417 responses to the call for evidence. And most recently the Committee has published a final report, focusing on its assessment of the impact of EEA migration and its recommendations for the UK’s post-Brexit work immigration system. A wide range of impacts have been discussed:
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