One year since the government’s first mandatory gender pay gap reporting deadline, statistics show the problem is getting worse at thousands of companies. Stylist investigates why – and asks what can be done to close it. 

One year since the governmentu2019s first mandatory gender pay gap reporting deadline, statistics show the problem is getting worse at thousands of companies. Stylist investigates why u2013 and asks what can be done to close it. 

Gender pay gap deadline 2019: what have we learned?

Many companies may be complying by doing the minimum required by law

A third of employers assume that mothers are less interested in career progression; something that’s simply not true

The gender pay gap – which was static for years – is now growing at thousands of companies. Why? And what on earth can we do? 

How do you solve a problem like the gender pay gap?