Architectures of Inequality, livre ebook

Provides new empirical evidence on gender pay gap;

Explores the issue at the intersection of legal/ policy/ organisational initiatives and women’s lived realities;

Even though it focuses on the UK context, offers insight for the global finance industry.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

The gender pay gap is economically irrational and yet stubbornly persistent.

Focusing on the UK finance industry which is known for its gender pay disparity, this book explores the initiatives to fix gendered inequities in the workplace. Rachel Verdin crafts a unique framework, weaving extensive organizational data with women's lived experiences. Interviews uncover gaps in pay transparency, obstacles hindering workplace policies and the factors that are stalling progress for the future.

This is an invaluable resource that offers key insights into gender equality and EDI measures shaped by legal regulations as well as corporate-driven initiatives.

1. Laying the Architectural Foundations

2. Regulating Equal Pay in Britain: 1970–2010

3. Regulating Equal Pay in Britain: The Equality Act 2010 and Beyond

4. Evaluating the Gender Pay Reporting Regulations

5. Pay Practices and Inequalities

6. Career Paths, Care Responsibilities and Contingent Choices

7. Organisational Norms, HRM and the Gap Between Policy and Practice

8. Contradictions of Transparency