Ms Marie Sherlock:

Females may not put themselves forward for promotion because of circumstances and some interesting research has been conducted in the UK into the pay of females after promotion relative to males. Once it is controlled for all other factors, the research shows that females do far worse than their male counterparts. There are opaque negotiation structures and females do not negotiate as good a package as males. The benefit is that the provision will shine a light onto the practices around promotion in organisations.