Equal Pay Day: Why Women Now Work For Free

Sam Smethers, chief executive of gender equality charity the Fawcett Society, called on the Government to speed up the pace of change. She said: “It is welcome that the date moved in the right direction this year but at current rates of progress it will take 50 years to close the gender pay gap. Last week, MPs on the Women and Equalities Committee launched an inquiry into Government strategy on gender pay.