Unacceptable - Pension gender gap

COMMUTERS will be familiar with the injunction to ‘mind the gap’. It is well known to users of the London underground, Dart stations in Dublin, and intercity rail services.

But the gap we really need to mind has nothing to do with transport. It has all to do with equality and how we, as a society, treat each citizen — male and female.

While the gap in pay between men and women has been addressed, if not fully tackled, it remains most noticeable in pensions.