Rejected petition Equal pay for women

Why is it that in 2016 women are still being payed an average of £300,000 less than men over their working life? If both a man and a woman do the same job at the same level than why aren’t both men and women being payed the same?

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It's clear that you're concerned about the gender pay gap, but not clear what action you would like to see. The Government recently announced new measures to address the gender pay gap:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-new-measures-to-eradicate-gender-pay-inequality

If you would like the Government or Parliament to take additional action, you could start a petition calling for that.

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Date submitted 21 June 2016
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