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Island women still lagging behind on wages

by isleofman.com 15th March 2010

Are women paying the price for having children?

A leading businesswoman says it could be the case after the Isle of Man's latest earnings survey showed men’s wages, on average, were ?130 a week higher than women’s.

Deborah Gwinnell, managing director of BigFish and one of the founders of the Women in Business Network, says that gender gap is much larger than the UK.

But she says one reason the figures are so far apart could be because women take time off for children while men keep working:

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Posted by isleofman.com
Monday 15th, March 2010 12:47pm.

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