Submitted on Friday 26th January 2018
Rejected on Thursday 1st February 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it illegal to pay men more than women
Recent events have highlighted the inequality between men and women in the work place. To erradicate the pay gap and create a more equal society, we should adopt a law that makes it illegal for men to receive a higher salary than women. A similar law was successfully introduced in Iceland.
As a world leader both economically and socially, we should join Iceland in being one of the pioneers of introducing a law to erradiacte pay inequality between men and women in order to ensure social equality. The United Kingdom should show its seriousness in creating a more equal society.
A report by the World Economic Forum last year found that women are paid on average 58% less than men and it was predicted that it would 217 years to reach total equality at social progress's current rate.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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