Recent research has shown that within the European Union the largest difference between the earnings of men and women exists in the UK. Many equal rights campaigners believe that immediate action should be taken to close the gender pay gap. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?

Gender

inequality has been one of the most debated topics. Recent researchers have inferred that the difference between the earnings of

men

and

women

is huge in the UK. Eventually, equal rights activists believe that the government ought to propose a solution for

this

immediately. I agree that the

gender

pay gap should be eradicated as at

work

every employee is treated equally. To commence with, one of the prominent reasons behind making equal wages mandatory is that both

men

and

women

exercise the same job responsibilities irrespective of their

gender

.

Hence

, paying fewer wages to

women

as compared to

men

is an unjustifiable practice. Even though female employees outperform males they are still paid less.

For instance

, these days many managerial positions in MNCs in the UK are occupied by

women

and

also

get recognised for their good

work

. In

such

cases, paying them equal to

men

will encourage them to continue the same.

Furthermore

,

women

at

work

perform well compared to

men

.

As a result

, they have to be encouraged by giving them higher increments.

For example

, these days bigger companies like Microsoft prefer to hire

women

employees in order to promote

gender

equality and encourage them to

work

. It would promote equality if all are paid on the basis of the

work

they do rather than the

gender

. It is indeed an advantage to the companies if the top performer is encouraged. To conclude, salary, when paid based on the performance and the number of responsibilities undertaken will promote equality rather than paying based on

gender

, as there will always be low performers among

men

. Paying

women

less than

men

for the same set of responsibilities is an injustice and has to be stopped immediately.