Rejected petition Employees can legally hold their bosses to account should they be paid less due to gender/race/sexuality

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Equal Pay.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20223264

The government should pass a law that allows those who are being paid less than someone doing the same job and are discriminated against on the bases of their gender/race/sexuality to be able to legally take action against their boss.
It would be an effective way to tackle the pay gap.

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Date submitted 3 January 2013
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