The ONS said the gender pay gap has fallen by about a quarter over the last decade and remains smaller than it was before the pandemic.
The gender pay gap for full-time workers has barely changed over the past year, new figures suggest The gap among full-time employees increased to 7.7% this year, up from 7.6% in 2022, said the Office for National Statistics .Among all employees, the gender pay gap fell to 14.3% this year, from 14.4% in 2022, and is still below the figure of 17.4% seen in 2019.November 1, 2023
There remains a big difference in the gender pay gap between employees aged 40 and over and those under 40. Dr Zara Nanu, of XpertHR, said not enough is being done to tackle the gender pay gap, adding: “We’ve put a man on the Moon, created self-driving cars, and are now seeing the impacts AI could bring to all our lives. We have the technological solutions to reduce the gap, and more often than not an idea of how to tackle the gap, but it’s down to companies to use these innovations and take action on the results the data finds.
There remains a large difference in the gender pay gap between employees aged 40 years and over and those aged below 40 years.Median weekly earnings for full-time employees saw growth across all major occupational groups, particularly for lower-paying occupations, with caring, leisure and other service occupations up 9.4% and sales and customer service occupations up 9.2% compared with the previous year, said the ONS.
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