UK: Government Plan to Name and Shame 'Sexist' Companies

Article here. Excerpt:

'In a move intended to eradicate the gender pay gap once and for all, the government is considering plans to shame companies into paying both male and female employees fairly.

Should the plans be approved, private companies will be required to publish annual figures specifying the number of male and female employees in each of their different pay grades. A 'pay inequalities' league table would then be developed from the results, designed to name and shame the companies with the largest gender pay gap.'

Of course, you're a 'sexist' company if women aren't paid the same as men (as in making less than men). If women outearn men in a field, I highly doubt this organization will care. We all know the gender pay gap doesn't account for life choices or experience or risk factors. But you guys have heard all this before.