4 APRIL 2019: It is disappointing, but not surprising, that there are so many employers in the UK with large pay gaps and that these pay gaps aren't being closed. The regulations are not tough enough. It's time for action plans not excuses. Read more
28 MARCH 19: Most employers are leaving it until the last minute to report and it is disappointing that a significant proportion of those who have reported have got larger pay gaps. Read more
12 MARCH 19: Pay discrimination should have no place in modern workplaces yet we know from our Equal Pay Advice Service that it is all too common. Read more
7 MARCH 2019: New polling today shows ‘significant and wide-ranging consequences for both women and men’. Read more
26 FEBRUARY 2019: Fawcett research, released with global law firm Hogan Lovells today, reveals MPs, Peers, volunteers and staff are woefully unprotected if they are sexually harassed in Parliament. Read more
25 FEBRUARY 2019: New wide-ranging report focuses on the development in education, detention and asylum, access to civil justice, the workplace and health care since July last year Read more
22 FEBRUARY 2019: Yesterday representatives from the Fawcett Society, Citizens UK and Women’s Aid, together with women who have lived experience of misogyny and violence, met with two of the most senior Police Officers in the country to discuss the issue of misogyny as a hate crime. Read more
20 FEBRUARY 2019: The reality is this is a marathon not a sprint. It will take a 5 year strategy with a focussed action plan to produce results, combined with a tougher reporting regime. Read more
31 JANUARY 2019: Women are consistently undervalued in the workplace. Unless there is an objective justification for the difference in pay then it is pay discrimination. Read more
22 JANUARY: This change is long overdue and a basic requirement of a modern parliamentary democracy. Read more
14 JANUARY 2018: This data should be a wake-up call to all of us, but it is just the tip of the iceberg. Read more
18 DECEMBER 2018: In light of the Government response to the sexual harrassment report, Fawcett argue that more can be done Read more
17 DECEMBER 2018: Fawcett has consistently argued that publishing an action plan should be a statutory requirement. Read more
14 DECEMBER 2018: The Advertising Standards Agency has today announced that it will enforce a new code around gender stereotyping in adverts from June 2019 - a measure that Fawcett welcomes. Read more
14 DECEMBER 2018: Despite all the great celebrations and activity this year, to date it adds up to a missed opportunity to effect lasting change. Read more
19 NOVEMBER 2018: The Fawcett Society is delighted to announce a number of new Trustees including Baroness Anne Jenkin and Ayesha Hazarika who are joining our board. Read more
16 NOVEMBER 2018: A former senior Co-op Group Executive has fought and won an equal pay battle with the Co-op Group Read more
9 NOVEMBER 2018: A shocking 1 in 3 men and women in work do not know it is illegal to pay women and men differently. Read more
2 NOVEMBER 2018: The most comprehensive study of its kind, published today by the Fawcett Society, finds that women face obstacles at every stage on the way to Parliament. Read more
25 OCTOBER 2018: The mean average for full-time work now stands at 13.7%. Read more
25 OCTOBER 2018: This report is damning on the question of unequal pay at the BBC. The focus must now be on improving transparency, pay and recruitment practices, and correcting pay inequalities for all women. Read more
24 OCTOBER 2018: We have to create a culture which supports and believes her rather than one which silences her. Employers must be held accountable. Read more
18 OCTOBER 2018: The Fawcett Society has developed a Q&A document which will inform our response to the consultation on changes to the Gender Recognition Act. Read more
15 OCTOBER 2018: The report was written by Dame Laura Cox, who chaired Fawcett's Sex Discrimination Law Review earlier this year. Read more