Despite years of slow progress in tackling gender pay inequality, the gap has widened this year with women earning £631 less every month.
The UK’s gender pay gap has widened this year It might be 2024 but the gender pay gap has just gotten worse. Yesterday marked Equal Pay Day in the UK – the day when based on average pay, women stop being paid compared to men due to the gender pay gap and effectively work for free for the rest of the year. Despite years of slow progress in tackling gender pay inequality, the gap has widened this year. In a 2024 report, The Fawcett Society found the full-time gender pay gap now stands at 11.
Women of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and mixed white and black Caribbean backgrounds experience significantly higher pay gaps. The charity says there are several steps needed to take to close the pay gap for good, and that ‘we can’t wait any longer’. Making flexible work the default across all sectors without exception is a must, they claim, as is transforming the UK’s childcare system so it’s ‘affordable and accessible to all families.
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