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Originally Posted by Hugh
I call "shenanigans"...
The Universities that have outsourced cleaning also usually outsource the maintenance, porters, and security work (all low paid, but most maintenance, porters, and security staff are mostly male, so balances out the cleaning staff) - also, most Universities' Gender Pay Gap & Equal Pay Report is also by pay grade and staff category, not just the overall gap; for instance, see Strathclyde's report
btw, I worked at 3 different Universities over a 10 year period (at a senior level) and never saw, or attended, a cocktail party - bit of inverse grading snobbery occurring in that jibe, methinks...  |
OK admittedly I don't know if they get sent to as nice conference parties as I do. But the Professor/Cleaner skew was specifically mentioned at internal meetings.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Clearly demonstrating how ill-judged our current equality laws are.
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The point I would take from it is not to reduce complex problems to political slogans and near meaningless metrics.
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Between 2017 and 2019 there has been a reduction of more than three percentage points in the overall gender pay gap (the percentage difference between men’s average hourly pay (excluding overtime) and women’s average hourly pay (excluding overtime), irrespective of Grade) and the University remains commited to taking appropriate action to further reduce this gap.
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Translation, maybe we can get cancel our security contracts and hire men directly. Or outsource catering.