Women And Unpaid Overtime

A report by the Trades Union Congress has found that 24% of women without children do unpaid overtime - the highest number of any other group:

The Fawcett Society's Kat Banyard: "Women are forced to choose between caring for a family at home or maximising their career opportunities in a workplace that measures performance by the number of hours put in."

The TUC's general secretary, Brendan Barber, said this was preventing women getting the top jobs in their profession. "It is hardly surprising that the senior levels of most organisations are male and that the gender pay gap stubbornly persists," he said.