Equality for women in the workplace: reality or myth?

Gordon Brown has recently suffered what can be best described as some interesting publicity. The last Cabinet reshuffle led to many senior female ministers either resigning before they were pushed or simply resigning. The message they all gave was that women in the Cabinet were there as a token gesture to equality in the workplace. The reality was, they claimed, that the Government was run by an inner circle of men. At the same time that Gordon Brown was receiving this publicity, Stuart Rose, the well-known boss of Marks & Spencers, was giving an interview that stated that there were no longer glass ceilings in the workplace for women. So what is the reality? Are women now equal in the workplace or are many “employers” simply playing lip service to the legislation?

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