A British women's rights group said employers should be forced to tell female staff if they are paid less than men doing the same job
"Equal pay for equal work is still a distant dream for many women," said chief executive Sam Smethers as the group released its latest report,"Why Women Need a Right to Know".
But as the act approaches its 50th anniversary, a lack of transparency over salaries means women struggle to know when they are being underpaid or to raise a legal challenge when the law is broken, said the Fawcett Society. Nearly eight in 10 British people believe a woman should be able to find out if she is paid less for equal work, according to a separate survey of about 2,000 men and women by the Fawcett Society.Business lobby group the Confederation of British Industry raised concerns the proposed law could be abused.
Britain has seen a number of high-profile equal pay disputes, including the resignation last year of Carrie Gracie as the BBC's China editor after she discovered she was paid less than some male peers.
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