Mind the gap -- women make little progress in pay equity

Mind the gap -- women make little progress in pay equity | practice | You may have a bucket list, but what about a "you" list? Created for {EMAIL} | [{NAME}]( at [{NAME}]( [For more relevant content - Update Your Profile]( | [Web Version]( March 6, 2023 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] Leading the Way [] [Mind the gap -- women make little progress in pay equity]( [Mind the gap -- women make little progress in pay equity]( (hamzaturkkol/Getty Images) The wage gap between men and women has changed little over the past decade with women making an average of 82% of what men make -- not much above the 80% average for women back in 2002, according to Pew Center research. Many factors make up the stagnation including women flocking to lower paying types of jobs as well as plain old discrimination, but experts say the gap could be closed faster through more generous family leave policies, parity and wage transparency laws and more dedicated efforts to build truly inclusive company cultures. Full Story: [The Hill]( (3/1), [Pew Research Center]( (3/1), [HR Magazine (Society for Human Resource Management)]( (2/2023) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Put it into practice: Measure your company's efforts at inclusion by examining data and acting to shore up areas where it's lacking, says Mark Lomas, head of culture at Lloyd's of London. "Fixing the people won't work. Focus on fixing the processes that impact on diversity and inclusion." 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