Pay the sisters the same as the misters. It’s a simple concept – that women should be paid equally to men. It’s the law, and has been since the Equal Pay Act came into existence in 1972. But here we are, 45 years later, and women are still earning less than men.
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Talking to colleagues and friends it seems many of us have some kind of leadership epiphany in this sector. It might be the moment they realise they do or don’t want to move up the ladder, or the moment they realise “oh shit I am a boss now”. My leadership epiphany was less a “what I want to do” moment and more of a “oh hell to the no” moment. It came as I sat looking at the leadership team of the council I was working for - the CEO, COO and CFO (essentially the people who made the big decisions)...
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