How the Pandemic Darkens the Picture on Women’s Pay

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The UK became the biggest country to zoom in on the explosive topic of the pay gap between women and men when it began mandatory reporting on wage differences in 2018. Since then, more jurisdictions have introduced or considered pay-transparency rules, including the 27-nation European Union. Some of those efforts involve the sort of blunt, aggregate data that Britain provides, though there are also other metrics in use.