EOC calls for new sex equality laws

Jenny Watson, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission says while women have made great strides in education and the workplace there is still a large pay gap between men and women. Moreover, Watson says, for many women, sex equality is “a thin veneer which vanishes as soon as they take on caring responsibilities.” “We need to make more of women's talents and skills and prevent them from being channelled into low paid, part-time work below their potential. Women working part-time earn nearly 40% less than full-time men, a pay penalty that has hardly changed in 30 years,” she says. Wat...