Covid drives big differences in employers’ gender pay gaps

By Jordan Marshall2021-04-14T05:00:00

Cost-cutting measures have penalised women at some firms while elsewhere wage disparity has narrowed

New gender pay gap data reveals how differing responses to the covid-19 pandemic affected women’s salaries last year. Some firms were paying women just over half of what men were earning while elsewhere women’s pay outstripped their male counterparts.

Since 2017, firms with more than 250 employees have been required by law to publish data showing annual gender pay gaps, as well as differences in bonus pay and the percentage of women employed.

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