Did you know…?
- The full-time gender pay gap between women and men is 14.9 per cent
- The pay gap varies across sectors and regions, rising to up to 55% in the finance sector and up to 33.3% in the City of London
- Interruptions to employment due to caring work account for 14% of the gender pay gap
- 64% of the lowest paid workers are women, contributing not only to women’s poverty but to the poverty of their children
- There are almost four times as many women in part-time work as men. Part-time workers are likely to receive lower hourly rates of pay than full-time workers.
- Nine out of ten lone parents are women. The median gross weekly pay for male single parents is £346, while for female single parents it is £194.4
Taken from the Fawcett Society
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