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Gareth Morgan, Western Mail @ icWales.co.uk (click for the whole article)[/url]]EMPLOYERS will today be told to ensure their male and female workers receive the same wage for the same work in a major campaign to close the yawning gap between pay in Wales.

It will target key decision makers in local government, the NHS, higher education, police and fire services, in a bid to end the massive disparities.
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But another reason for the pay gap is that women tend to take lower-paid, part-time jobs to enable them to balance their work and family commitments.

Although women make up 46% of the labour market in Wales, nearly half (46%) work part-time, compared to just one in 10 men.