Evolution of the Gender Pay Gap

List of Figures x

List of Contributors xi

Acknowledgements xvi

Foreword xvii

ROBIN ALLEN KC AND DAPHNE ROMNEY KC

Introduction: The Evolution of the Gender Pay Gap: A Comparative Perspective 1

FRANCES HAMILTON

PART ONE

Women in the Workplace, History, Campaigning, and the Future 21

1 The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919: Its Origins, Passage, and Significance for Working Women 23

MARI TAKAYANAGI

2 Equal Pay, the Women's Employment Federation, and the Royal Commission 39

ANN MUMFORD

3 Combining Work and Care: The Failure of Work-Life Reconciliation Policies 55

MEGAN PEARSON

PART TWO

Persistent Inequalities in the Professions 71

4 Affect Theory, the Perceived Impact of Judicial Diversity, and the Gender Pay Gap in the Irish Legal Profession 73

CAOIMHE KIERNAN

5 Speaking in a Different Voice: The Gendered Nature of Promotion Applications 95

FRANCES HAMILTON AND ELISABETH GRIFFITHS

6 Gender Pay Gap in the Gig Economy 114

ANDY NOBLE

7 Military Veterans' Preference: Influence on the Gender Pay Gap in the United States and Beyond 131

CORNELIA WEISS

PART THREE

The Role of Employers and Corporate Social Responsibility 151

8 The Role of Equal Pay Auditing in Resolving Unequal Pay: More Hindrance Than Help? 153

ALEX PATRICK

9 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Gender Pay Gap in the UK-Beyond the Law 169

RACHEL HORTON AND GRAHAM BOX

PART FOUR

International Comparisons 183

10 Prosecuting Pay Equity in Australia: Evolving Strategies in the Context of Declining Institutional Advantages 185

GILLIAN WHITEHOUSE AND MEG SMITH

11 The Persistence of Oppression: The US Gender Pay Gap 202

LAURA FITZPATRICK

The Intractable Nature of the Gender Pay Gap: A Comparative Perspective-Conclusions and Reflections 220

ELISABETH GRIFFITHS

Index 239

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interdisciplinary research;gender pay gap;protect women at work;maternity pay, health and safety protections;activist approaches