mavii

The mean gender pay gap for staff at the University of Cambridge in 2024, as per the Equal Pay Review, was 16.7%, a fall from 17.1% in the previous year. Comparing statutory median hourly rates, the pay gap meant that during the 2023-24 academic year, women working at the university earned just 91p for every £1 earned by their male colleagues.

The UK’s statistics agency is considering whether it needs to change the way it collects data after a landmark Supreme Court ruling said the definition of a woman under equalities law refers to their sex assigned at birth.

Hairdressing and dry-cleaning showed the most obvious gender-based price differences, the agency said, adding that 89 per cent of the hairdressers offered different rates for the same short haircuts for women and men, with women paying an average of €12.50 more.

The continuing gender pay gap in UK shipping has led to disbelief among diversity, equity and inclusion experts in the maritime sector. The comments came after Spinnaker’s recent findings revealed that the pay discrepancy between male and female employees in the UK maritime sector was still over twice the national average.

Sheffield City Council is planning to publish figures showing the pay gaps for disability and ethnicity in future, as well as those revealing the gender pay gap.

Sainsbury’s mean gender bonus gap was 43.4%, a slight change from 43.8% in 2023, and its median gender bonus gap was zero, compared to 14.3% the year prior. A total of 69.1% female and 65.6% male employees received a bonus payment that year.

Why do women earn less than men? The usual suspects ndash; occupation, hours, experience ndash; explain some of it. But a powerful, often overlooked reason is

In a recent HBR article, the authors described a new method to find out where pay gaps exist within an organization. Yet in presenting their findings to companies, many firms wondered: once we’ve determined there’s gaps,

According to Statistics Estonia, in 2024, the gross hourly wages of female employees were 13.2% smaller than the hourly wages of male employees and, year on year, the gender pay gap widened by 0.1 percentage points;

The University of Cambridge has reported a 16.7% mean gender total pay gap for 2024 down from 17.1% in 2023. The organisation’s 2024 mean gender basic pay gap was 15%, down slightly from 15.3% the previous year. Its highest pay grade comprises 28.7% women and 71.3% men, while its lowest pay grade is 52.9% female and 47.1% male.

“Instead of continuing the good work of successive governments to close the well-documented gender pay gap in our country, the Government is making it harder for women to get ahead,” Labour workplace relations and safety spokesperson Jan Tinetti said.

Following the latest gender pay gap reporting deadlines, Oliver Varney discusses how the EHRC scrutinises the data submitted by employers.

The Fair Work Commission’s review of the five “priority” awards was undertaken following the Labor government’s changes to the Fair Work Act in 2022. The changes require the commission to take account of the need to achieve gender equality in setting modern award rates of pay.

EVEN in 2025 millions of women around the world are still earning less than men – but there are some jobs where you can get paid MORE. The Sun has analysed ONS data to reveal the top jobs