theguardian.com > business > dec
Politicians love talking about ‘middle Australia’. But beware of this misleading metric | Greg Jericho...
1+ week, 3+ day ago —...pay particular attention when they start talking about middle Australia... ...This is important when you hear a politician talk about who is, for... ...Greg Jericho is a Guardian columnist and policy director at the Centre... ...by the Bureau of Statistics reveals that the difference between...
theguardian.com > uk-news > dec
Birmingham city council agrees deal over equal pay claims
1+ week, 5+ day ago —...the framework agreement with employees of the council and Birmingham Children... ...on claims that left council with estimated £760m liabilities Birmingham... ...The Unison West Midlands head of organising, Claire Campbell, said... ...The GMB organiser, Alice Reynolds, said: “The women of Birmingham...
theguardian.com > commentisfree > dec
The science behind winning a Nobel Prize? Being a man from a wealthy family | Torsten Bell
2+ week, 18+ hour ago —...But here’s a sobering fact on the size of the “lost Einstein” problem... ...indicative of the wider barriers women face in science), and live in America...
theguardian.com > business > nov
Female executive directors in FTSE 250 down 11% since 2022
3+ week, 4+ day ago —...level is in reverse, according to the research from Cranfield University... ...according to the latest research, which found the number of women in executive... ...third (36%) of companies in the FTSE 100 have women in executive director... ...However, 125 of these women are senior independent directors, which...
theguardian.com > nov
Pay gap between bosses and employees must be reduced, UK workers say
4+ week, 2+ hour ago —...A poll by the High Pay Centre thinktank of more than 2,000 people... ... industry and calls by the head of the London Stock Exchange for ... ...Director of the High Pay Centre, Luke Hildyard, said there was an... ...The OECD, which includes Germany, Mexico, the US, Costa Rica and...