News: Contract Law
Employment law training: Equality legislation 'must force firms to end discrimination'
24 April 2009
The introduction of equal pay legislation is necessary to force companies to end discriminatory practices, an organisation asserts, highlighting the importance of new employment law training.
Carolyn Jones, director of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER), claims that forcing businesses to disclose the situation will increase scrutiny.
She states: "Volunteerism doesn't work with employers. Unless they're forced to take steps then they never will."
Many businesses' job descriptions and pay structures are discriminatory against women and they claim this is not a problem, she asserts.
Ms Jones calls for action, such as employment law training, to close this discrepancy and prevent job segregation.
She says that the IER has been calling for action on this problem for years and hopes that any solution is properly monitored and enforced when it comes into effect.
In other news, Sunderland city council's bonus scheme has been branded as sexist by an employment tribunal, which found its exclusive applicability to men in male-dominated roles as discriminatory.
