Asda is among the employers praised for tackling the gender pay gap. Photograph: Frank Baron
In today's Work section, we preview a government report that identifies 113 "exemplar employers" who claim to be demonstrating innovative ways of tackling the underlying causes of the gender pay gap.
The report highlights work done by firms - which range from the Bank of England, John Lewis and Ford to the Ministry of Defence, British Airways and Asda - to promote equal pay, flexible working, training and development, and schemes for women returning to work after having a baby.
It makes a change from the usual bad news about women's pay and the government hopes the exemplar employers initiative will inspire other companies to do the same.
But is extolling the virtues of these organisations enough to close the gender pay gap? Or should we be naming and shaming the bad employers too? Do you consider your employer exemplary in the way it treats women - and if so, has it made it on to the list?
