A study says UK professionals from working-class homes are paid less than those from richer ones. Why?
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Is flexible working biased against non-parents?
With anyone eligible to ask to work from home and/or reduce their
hours, it seemed that a narrative long synonymous with working mothers
and childcare had finally broadened in scope.
Yet it appears we are some way off the level playing field anticipated. While technology continues to blur the boundary between home and the office and the rise of the gig economy demands more workplace agility, it seems childless employees are still experiencing a bias that makes a work-life balance a pipedream.
"From accommodating religious commitments to managing long-term medical conditions such as anxiety and depression, there are many reasons why people need to work flexibly, but many employers still view this as a privilege just for parents with young children," says Kate Headley, director of consulting at The Clear Company, which helps organisations recruit staff from a more diverse base.
"Instead, they need to open up their thinking to adopt flexible working and attract a whole new talent pool of qualified people that either can't or choose not to work traditional hours."
And for freelance social media director Georgie Gayler, who doesn't have children, a bias over formal flexible working requests is only part of the story.
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Yet it appears we are some way off the level playing field anticipated. While technology continues to blur the boundary between home and the office and the rise of the gig economy demands more workplace agility, it seems childless employees are still experiencing a bias that makes a work-life balance a pipedream.
"From accommodating religious commitments to managing long-term medical conditions such as anxiety and depression, there are many reasons why people need to work flexibly, but many employers still view this as a privilege just for parents with young children," says Kate Headley, director of consulting at The Clear Company, which helps organisations recruit staff from a more diverse base.
"Instead, they need to open up their thinking to adopt flexible working and attract a whole new talent pool of qualified people that either can't or choose not to work traditional hours."
And for freelance social media director Georgie Gayler, who doesn't have children, a bias over formal flexible working requests is only part of the story.
Read more....
Impact of Immigration on Wages
The author of an influential piece of economic research frequently
heralded by leading Brexiteers as evidence that immigration from the
European Union undermines native British wages has stressed that the
negative impact is “infinitesimally small” and that his findings had
been widely misrepresented.
In the EU referendum campaign last June Iain Duncan Smith cited research by Sir Stephen Nickell and Jumana Saleheen to argue, wrongly, that workers’ average wages are 10 per cent lower thanks to EU immigration over the past decade.
The same claim was repeated by two senior figures in the Vote Leave campaign, Boris Johnson and Gisela Stuart.
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In the EU referendum campaign last June Iain Duncan Smith cited research by Sir Stephen Nickell and Jumana Saleheen to argue, wrongly, that workers’ average wages are 10 per cent lower thanks to EU immigration over the past decade.
The same claim was repeated by two senior figures in the Vote Leave campaign, Boris Johnson and Gisela Stuart.
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Workers from poorer backgrounds face class earnings penalty – study
The UK’s “shocking” class pay gap means professional employees from
poorer backgrounds are paid almost £7,000 a year less on average than
their peers from more privileged families, according to research for the
Social Mobility Commission.
The study found that even those from working class families who have exactly the same role, education and experience as their colleagues from more advantaged backgrounds are still paid on average 7% less, equating to just under £2,250 a year.
The class pay gap is worse for women and for people from minority-ethnic backgrounds, according to the research, carried out for the commission by the London School of Economics and University College London.
Alan Milburn, the former Labour minister who chairs the commission, said he would send details of the findings to employers and expected them to “take action to end the shocking class earnings penalty”.
Milburn said: “This unprecedented research provides powerful new evidence that Britain remains a deeply elitist society.”
The study, using data covering almost 65,000 people drawn from the UK Labour Force Survey, found that on average professionals from more disadvantaged backgrounds were paid 17% less than their more privileged peers, or £6,800 a year.
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The study found that even those from working class families who have exactly the same role, education and experience as their colleagues from more advantaged backgrounds are still paid on average 7% less, equating to just under £2,250 a year.
The class pay gap is worse for women and for people from minority-ethnic backgrounds, according to the research, carried out for the commission by the London School of Economics and University College London.
Alan Milburn, the former Labour minister who chairs the commission, said he would send details of the findings to employers and expected them to “take action to end the shocking class earnings penalty”.
Milburn said: “This unprecedented research provides powerful new evidence that Britain remains a deeply elitist society.”
The study, using data covering almost 65,000 people drawn from the UK Labour Force Survey, found that on average professionals from more disadvantaged backgrounds were paid 17% less than their more privileged peers, or £6,800 a year.
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Pay
UK professionals from working-class
backgrounds are paid £6,800 less on average each year than those from
more affluent families, a study has found.
The medical profession saw the next highest gap at £10,218, followed by information technology at £4,736.
Commission chairman Alan Milburn said the 17% average pay gap showed the UK remained a "deeply elitist" society.
The research, carried out by academics from the London School of Economics and University College London, analysed data from the UK labour force survey - a snapshot of employment in the UK with more than 90,000 respondents.
The researchers examined the average earnings of people in professional jobs from different backgrounds and found those who had come from a poorer family lost out by about £6,800 a year.
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