 gender inequality at the workplace gender inequality at the workplace barsha jeu 30092021 1248 gender equality inclusion and diversity in the workplace are continuous challenges for many countries and increasing workplace diversity is now becoming a major focus for many although progress has been made women still earn substantially less than males and are underrepresented in managerial roles women account for only 5 of fortune 500 ceos and women earn only 80 of what males do according to the us census bureau 2017 this issue is not exclusive to the united states australia s national gender wage gap continues at 14 in the united kingdom women account for just 7 of ceos in the ftse 100 according to recent study conducted by technology giant samsung only 19 of employees in the uk believe that their company have gender equality gender stereotypes in the workplace are still prevalent in the uk with almost half of employees ie 44 believing that some occupations are only available to men or women fearing discrimination based on their gender nearly onefifth 17 of women have not sought for a job moreover because of the events of the year 2020 workplaces have been flipped upside down drastically many workers are trying to execute their duties under the extremely difficult conditions of the covid19 outbreak women have suffered disproportionately this pandemic has exacerbated issues that women were already dealing with according to the united nations women s newest report from insights to action 2020 47 million women and girls were forced into severe poverty due to the pandemic furthermore 70 of worldwide health professionals are female and they do not enjoy equal compensation with their male colleagues pay disparity among them in the health sector is larger 28 than that of the general gender pay gap 174 nevertheless there have been some encouraging signs over the previous decade the wage gap between men and women in the uk has narrowed slightly falling by around a quarter for fulltime workers and just over onefifth among all workers the pay gap dropped from 174 in 2019 to 155 in 2020 among all the employees whereas among full time employees the wage disparity narrowed to 74 in 2020 down from 9 in 2019 the salary difference between men and women is greater for all employees than that for parttime and fulltime employees even though gender is a protected characteristic in the united kingdom as defined by the 2010 equality act section 3 findings show that women are discriminated in the workplace till this date therefore there is indeed a long way to go until complete gender equality is achieved in the workplace gender equality inclusion and diversity in the workplace are continuous challenges for many countries and increasing workplace diversity is now becoming a major focus for many although progress has been made women still earn substantially less than males and are underrepresented in managerial roles women account for only 5 of fortune 500 ceos and women earn only 80 of what males do according to the us census bureau 2017 this issue is not exclusive to the united states australia s national gender wage gap continues at 14 in the united kingdom women account for just 7 of ceos in the ftse 100 according to recent study conducted by technology giant samsung only 19 of employees in the uk believe that their company have gender equality gender stereotypes in the workplace are still prevalent in the uk with almost half of employees ie 44 believing that some occupations are only available to men or women fearing discrimination based on their gender nearly onefifth 17 of women have not sought for a job moreover because of the events of the year 2020 workplaces have been flipped upside down drastically many workers are trying to execute their duties under the extremely difficult conditions of the covid19 outbreak women have suffered disproportionately this pandemic has exacerbated issues that women were already dealing with according to the united nations women s newest report from insights to action 2020 47 million women and girls were forced into severe poverty due to the pandemic furthermore 70 of worldwide health professionals are female and they do not enjoy equal compensation with their male colleagues pay disparity among them in the health sector is larger 28 than that of the general gender pay gap 174 nevertheless there have been some encouraging signs over the previous decade the wage gap between men and women in the uk has narrowed slightly falling by around a quarter for fulltime workers and just over onefifth among all workers the pay gap dropped from 174 in 2019 to 155 in 2020 among all the employees whereas among full time employees the wage disparity narrowed to 74 in 2020 down from 9 in 2019 the salary difference between men and women is greater for all employees than that for parttime and fulltime employees even though gender is a protected characteristic in the united kingdom as defined by the 2010 equality act section 3 findings show that women are discriminated in the workplace till this date therefore there is indeed a long way to go until complete gender equality is achieved in the workplace  