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Pay and Income

The Women and Equality Unit is seeking to identify the barriers to women's economic participation and to address the barriers that act as a deterrent to equality of opportunity in the workplace.
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Working and Living

The Unit is working to promote an effective work-life balance and to support the Government in providing all children with the best start in life.
More about working and living

Returning to Work

Women who have taken time out of the workplace can find it hard to return to work. The Government wants to help such women by removing the barriers which they face – both external such as lack of childcare and flexible working opportunities and personal, such as lack of workplace skills and confidence. More

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Topic resources

Individual Incomes of men and women 1996/97 to 2002/03: a summary
(PDF - 2.43MB)
June 2004

Towards Equal Pay: Speed & Simplicity Consultation on a questionnaire for use in equal pay (MS Word - 277KB)

Welsh Version (MS Word - 278KB)

Equal Pay Questionnaire
(MS Word - 240KB)

Welsh version (MS Word -489KB)

The impact of women's position in the labour market on pay & implications for UK productivity
(PDF - 1.7MB)
November 2002

Useful websites

Equal Opportunities Commission

Towards a Closing of the Gender Pay Gap

Equality Direct

Equalitec — a website developed with DTI's support and designed to help improve the levels of recruitment and retention of women in Information Technology, Electronics and Communications industries