As Rajiv Prabhakar (OpenU) points out, its not just the gender pay gap that is a problem, its the long-term impact of that gap on pension provision for women. As he points out, this means the cost(s) to individual women of unpaid care continue into later life.
For those who have retired already, there is little (outside the benefits system) that can be done, for women still in work, any reduction in the gap will have some positive impact on pensions!
#women #pensions
https://theconversation.com/how-the-gender-pay-gap-evolves-into-a-gender-pension-gap-242506
For those who have retired already, there is little (outside the benefits system) that can be done, for women still in work, any reduction in the gap will have some positive impact on pensions!
#women #pensions
https://theconversation.com/how-the-gender-pay-gap-evolves-into-a-gender-pension-gap-242506
How the gender pay gap evolves into a gender pension gap
Decades of lower pay and part-time work can leave women’s pensions worth a fraction of men’s at retirement.The Conversation
