Bridging the Gender Pay Gap in Law Firms by Stephanie Hawthorne - 9781787422124

Bridging the Gender Pay Gap in Law FirmsAuthor(s): Stephanie Hawthorne\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Globe Law and Business Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Globe Law and Business Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781787422124, 978-1787422124\nSynopsis\nThis special report focuses on law firms' gender pay gaps with statistics from the top 50 law firms. This follows the new UK government regulations that came into force in April 2017 which required statutory reporting of the gender pay gap for the first time. The report analyses what individual law firms are doing to fix the gender pay gap, including work allocation, mentoring, maternity support, parental leave, women's lawyers networks with analysis from HR directors and lawyers. The report also analyses the tricky question of whether equity partners' should also reveal their pay gap and the individual choices taken by leading city law firms. It also includes coverage of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee on what action is bei.