Equal pay still 57 years away

A survey by the Chartered Management Insitute has shown that male managers in the UK earn £10.071 more on average than a female counterpart .

The IT industry was seen to be the worst offender where women on average get paid £17.736 per year less than men. The pharmaceutical  industry generally paid its female workers £14.018 less than males.

Petra Wilton , head of policy at the CMI said:  Girls born this year will face the probability of working for around 40 years in the shadow of unequal pay.  the prospect of continured decades of pay inequality cannot be allowed to become a reality '

Opportunity Now comments:  

“This kind of inequality is unacceptable in 2010 and it certainly isn’t good for women.  Unequal pay doesn’t just affect women it has a significant knock on effect to children and men through reduced family incomes.”
“What gets measured gets done and this is certainly true of equal pay. It is only when employers really mine their data and get to grips with the real picture, that they can set about solving it”.
“Opportunity Now believes that addressing issues of disparity in pay is part of being a responsible employer. When an organisation demonstrates that it values a fair and diverse workforce, it maximises the innovation, productivity and loyalty a wider talent pool can bring.”

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