
The Evolution of the Gender Pay Gap
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Dr Elisabeth Griffiths is an associate professor, Northumbria Law School, Northumbria University, and an employment law specialist and expert in equality and diversity law and disability legal studies. She is also a qualified solicitor (non-practising). Her research interests focus on equality, fairness, disability, legal education, and phenomenological approaches to legal research. She is a module leader for employment law and law and society modules. She has been published in The Law Teacher, The International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, and the Journal of International and Comparative Law. She has also written about ableism in academia. In 2017, she was nominated to the newly formed Society of Legal Scholars Equality and Diversity Committee, and in January 2020, she took over as the chair. She also sits on the board of the Socio-Legal Scholars Association and is a trustee and social media editor. In September 2021, she was awarded a professional doctorate in law (DLaw) by Northumbria University on the lived experience of disability in law school.
Content
List of Contributors xi
Acknowledgements xvi
Foreword xvii
ROBIN ALLEN KC AND DAPHNE ROMNEY KC
Introduction: The Evolution of the Gender Pay Gap: A Comparative Perspective 1
FRANCES HAMILTON
PART ONE
Women in the Workplace, History, Campaigning, and the Future 21
1 The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919: Its Origins, Passage, and Significance for Working Women 23
MARI TAKAYANAGI
2 Equal Pay, the Women's Employment Federation, and the Royal Commission 39
ANN MUMFORD
3 Combining Work and Care: The Failure of Work-Life Reconciliation Policies 55
MEGAN PEARSON
PART TWO
Persistent Inequalities in the Professions 71
4 Affect Theory, the Perceived Impact of Judicial Diversity, and the Gender Pay Gap in the Irish Legal Profession 73
CAOIMHE KIERNAN
5 Speaking in a Different Voice: The Gendered Nature of Promotion Applications 95
FRANCES HAMILTON AND ELISABETH GRIFFITHS
6 Gender Pay Gap in the Gig Economy 114
ANDY NOBLE
7 Military Veterans' Preference: Influence on the Gender Pay Gap in the United States and Beyond 131
CORNELIA WEISS
PART THREE
The Role of Employers and Corporate Social Responsibility 151
8 The Role of Equal Pay Auditing in Resolving Unequal Pay: More Hindrance Than Help? 153
ALEX PATRICK
9 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Gender Pay Gap in the UK-Beyond the Law 169
RACHEL HORTON AND GRAHAM BOX
PART FOUR
International Comparisons 183
10 Prosecuting Pay Equity in Australia: Evolving Strategies in the Context of Declining Institutional Advantages 185
GILLIAN WHITEHOUSE AND MEG SMITH
11 The Persistence of Oppression: The US Gender Pay Gap 202
LAURA FITZPATRICK
The Intractable Nature of the Gender Pay Gap: A Comparative Perspective-Conclusions and Reflections 220
ELISABETH GRIFFITHS
Index 239
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