Synopsis

A new requirement compels the United Kingdom’s largest employers to disclose the average wages paid to their male and female staff. Simultaneously, the BBC and numerous other organizations are embroiled in disputes concerning equal pay. Nearly fifty years after the Equal Pay Act was enacted, the disparity in earnings persists. Jane Corbin journeys across Britain to encounter those on the front lines of this struggle – from supermarket workers and municipal caregivers to BBC presenters – all stri