Report four: Understanding and addressing your gender pay gap

The gender pay gap is bad news for business. The good news is, you and your team can do something about it. With no time to waste, this latest report is here to help you and your team understand what the gender pay gap is, why your company should care, and what you can do about it.

  • Gain a clear understanding of the causes of gender pay gaps and the dangers of doing nothing
  • Find out how the gender gap pay effects your all-important diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives
  • Discover what leading employers are doing to reduce the gender pay gap in their organization

What is the gender pay gap? 

Despite common misconceptions, the gender pay gap is not the same as equal pay. While a contributor to the pay gap (particularly at the enterprise level) unequal pay for the equal value of work is illegal.

The gender pay gap is the difference in average earnings between women and men.

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Illustration of a screen with a survey on it, overlapping the screen to the left is a speech bubble with text boxes and lines, overlapping the right of the screen is the WORK180 Endorsed Employer badge

What is the gender pay gap? 

Despite common misconceptions, the gender pay gap is not the same as equal pay. While a contributor to the pay gap (particularly at the enterprise level) unequal pay for the equal value of work is illegal.

The gender pay gap is the difference in average earnings between women and men.

Read the report

One policy can have a real impact 

As revealed in this report, this involves focusing in on several of WORK180’s key standards:

  • Pay equity
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Career development
  • Inclusive hiring practices
  • Representative Leadership
About our standards
Illustration of a screen with a survey on it, overlapping the screen to the left is a speech bubble with text boxes and lines, overlapping the right of the screen is the WORK180 Endorsed Employer badge
Illustration of a screen with a survey on it, overlapping the screen to the left is a speech bubble with text boxes and lines, overlapping the right of the screen is the WORK180 Endorsed Employer badge

One policy can have a real impact 

As revealed in this report, this involves focusing in on several of WORK180’s key standards:

  • Pay equity
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Career development
  • Inclusive hiring practices
  • Representative Leadership
About our standards

“Gender equity in the workplace is long overdue. Although there isn’t one right solution for every company, every little step in the right direction matters.”

Andréa Long
Marketing, Recruiting, and Diversity & Inclusion Professional, member of the WORK180 DEI Board

About WORK180

Inspired by their own experiences of workplace discrimination, Gemma Lloyd and Valeria Ignatieva founded the first transparent job board for women. Almost a decade later, WORK180 is a thriving community and platform where women and marginalized groups access the information they need to make informed career decisions — and find workplaces that work for them.

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