On November 7, British women are no longer paid – or they wouldn’t, if they were paid as much as men every month. This is the shocking revelation the Equal Pay Day wants to put across. This day is organized by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in order to denounce the gender pay gap. According to a blitz survey the confederation released on that day, women still earn, in average, £5,000 (€5,930) less then men every year. The gap is particularly wide in the health industry (-31 percent for women), culture, the media and sports, (27.5 percent) and manufacturing (24 percent). Out of the 35 major occupations surveyed, women earn less than men in 32 jobs. Only drivers in transportation, electricians and farming workers are spared. Besides, the gap is bigger in the private sector (19.9 percent) than in the public sector (13.6 percent), still according to the survey. (Ref. 130686)
Unions call for transparency. TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “The gender pay gap, which continues despite decades of girls outperforming boys at school and on to university, is also a huge economic failure. It is crazy that employers miss out on billions of pounds worth of women’s talent, skills and experience every year. One simple way would be to force companies to be more transparent about how they pay staff. Pay transparency and pay audits would give employers the evidence the
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