In April of 2018, large companies with over 250 employees were obliged to report their gender pay gap for the first time. Headlines were dominated by the shock of the extent to which women were paid less in a majority of the companies. Many companies who are reporting their new pay gap for this year show that rather than progress, many have increased their gaps.
In an article in the University’s News Centre, Dr Heejung Chung, Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, comments on the latest figures showing the gender pay gap is widening and explains what may be causing this surprising trend.