An Aberdeen lawyer says there has never been a better time to address a gender imbalance in the UK oil and gas industry.
Offshore employment expert Kate Williams, an Aberdeen-based partner in legal firm Pinsent Masons, wants to see a greater effort to recruit more women, and insists the law can be used to boost their numbers.
The proportion of women in the industry is reported to be 23%, compared to a 47% national average. The imbalance worsens when narrowed to offshore workers, with just 3.6% of them women.
A decision by union members over whether to accept an offer of proposals from the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) will be made today.
Both Unite and GMB workers will vote yes or no after months of talks between representatives from both sides.
It comes after the GMB union wrote to members last month and urged them to accept a new offer from the OCA, which has 10 full members, including Petrofac, Wood Group PSN and Stork.
