This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Enforce the equal pay act now! Sign now for action to be taken on this issue.
The Equal pay act 1970 has been around for 36 years there is still no equality within gender pay.
Why are men paid more? Are they more qualified? Are they better at their job? No! This is illegal discrimination against women.
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We want the law enforced so that when companies breech this act they receive a sanction, in the same way if a company was racist to a member of staff there would be a consequence for that action.
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