Sexism And The City For The Apprentice
WHILE The Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins may have done herself no favours, Sir Alan Sugar’s scrutiny of her family and childcare situation belied a sinister sexism which still thrives in the City and indeed, all over the country.
According to new figures released yesterday, over 1,000 women a day are launching equal pay lawsuits, with many of the new cases being instigated by low-paid public sector female workers.
The rise of quicker tribunals and more ‘no-win, no-fee’ legal firms, along with European rules which now allow women to claim up to six years’ back-pay, have all triggered this enormous increase in lawsuits.
Helen Beech of Clarkslegal says, “Previously, equal pay tribunals saw cases last years, which made them costly for individuals and perhaps deterred them. But no-win, no–fee lawyers and the fine-tuning of the process mean cases can be pursued over a short period with minimal financial risk.”
An estimated 50,000 female council workers and an additional 10,000 in the NHS have now taken action, with the total bill estimated to reach £10billion.
Why can’t they just be grateful they have a job? And make us all a cup of coffee…
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June 14th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
The crazy thing about this is that nobody seemed to look at the facts when criticizing him for being sexist.
Kristina lived in Harrogate and he asked if it would be an issue to relocate given family circumstances. A perfectly reasonable question.
The same question was asked of Katie. How could she expect to do the job if she lived 200 miles away? If she had been a male single parent the same question would have needed to be asked.
And he didnt ask Simon…Why? BEcause he is a sexist pig? No. Because Simon lived five minutes down the road and wouldnt need to relocate.
As usual, the overly PC brigade jumping up and down over nothing.
June 13th, 2007 at 11:55 am
This was a misleading article as the headline gave the impression that Sir Alan himself had been ’sexist’ which is completely untrue.
Katie got what Katie deserved. It was she who wrote in her CV that she had taken a married man away from her wife, she who constantly used ‘feminine charms’ to try to get the better of Sir Alan and she who was spectacularly hoist with her own petard when Sir Alan played her at her own game (Oh How Sexist!!!) in the penultimate Apprentice episode.
Just look at the different treatment afforded to Kristina (the other woman in the final three) who has played The Apprentice as a hard-working busines person who gets on with tasks and with people and has managed to successfully separate her business life from her personal life.
Sir Alan was ace and astute - as he always is - and will get the best of the bunch when Kristina wins tonight!