Gender Pay Gap: Understanding the Issue and Legal Regulations

GENDER PAY GAP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENDER PAY GAP..................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Understanding the nature of gender pay gap issue:....................................................................3
The legal laws for the gender pay gap:.......................................................................................3
For the organization they can proceed to use the factors for resolving this issue:......................4
Recommendation........................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Gender pay gap define as the average pay difference between the women and men, it
stated that generally women are less paid as compare to the men in every field of occupation
(Botella and et.al 2019). This factor result in many aspects as gender inequality, racism,
ethnicity, educational access etc. ASOS a British online fashion retailer organization main
headquarter is present in London, UK. This report covers the main aim which is about the issue
of gender pay gap and it involves how the organization will benefit in dealing with the issue, it
also covers the legal regulations related to the gender pay gap.
MAIN BODY
Understanding the nature of gender pay gap issue:
Gender pay gap stated as the women are struggled to accomplish the higher paid position
for their work, as in the society women are always considered as delicate and not able to carry
out the toughest work. Gender stereotypes are defined as which states as men should not cry,
they can't be emotional on the other hand for women it is suggested that they are weaker than
men and not able to handle the responsibility as like men. This stereotype also began its impact
on the job profiles, professions, as in many service sector it can be seen that the women are likely
recruited or if they recruited then the salary is provided to them are lesser than the men. It gives
the major impacts on the society as it develop the tough situations for the women mainly for the
single women who need to get financially ahead. Their less earning can't solve their problem in
the emergency situations or after the retirement (Segovia-Pérez and et.al 2019).
For the business purpose it also gives the negative impact, as it develops the negative
work environment in the organization which will affect the performance of the business as well
as affect the productivity. As for the ASOS organization it is important for them to effectively
deal with that issue otherwise they will have to face major vulnerable consequence. As the main
triggers for the gender pay gaps are the gender dissimilarity in education and the wages structure,
all factors influence the gender pay gap.
The legal laws for the gender pay gap:
Equality Act 2010 it is the act which is implemented or come into actions in UK in the year
2017. This law is majorly applied on the public service sector. Regulation standard involves the