2020 EQUAL PAY

The slow pace of progress in achieving equality for women in law is likely to further stall in the wake of covid-19, The Next 100 Years project warned. Marking the 50th anniversary since the Equal Pay Act was enacted, the project published the views of leading female lawyers '“ including Baroness Helena Kennedy QC who said the crisis and expected economic recession 'could set back the gains we have made, so we must use this anniversary to insist that we 'End the Pay Gap''. 29 May 2020

---