The Government’s Equalities Office has announced that a £2 million fund has been put in place to address concerns that there are still significant pay gaps among part-time and older workers and that women are concentrated in less well-paid professions than men. The money will fund a training and mentoring programme of events for women, including those working part-time and older workers, to be carried out by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. It will target women working in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), retail and hospitality management and agricultural sectors. It is part of a package of measures which also includes publishing guidance to help women compare their pay to their male counterparts and launching free pay analysis software to be made available to all companies to calculate at their gender pay gap.

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