Ministers must do more to get women on boards, says TUC

date: 22 March 2016
embargo: 00.01hrs Wednesday 23 March 2016

Commenting on today’s (Wednesday) report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which reveals that more than 60% of FTSE 350 companies are failing to meet their targets for getting women on boards, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“These figures make for depressing reading.

“Despite the hard work of Lord Davies, it is clear that voluntary measures have not led to meaningful change in company boardrooms.

“The only way we will end the old boys' network is if ministers act to ensure all board posts are advertised publicly and move towards compulsory quotas for women. Without this, female board members will continue to be a rarity.”

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