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Wednesday 7th November was Equal Pay Day in the UK, claims the Fawcett Society. This marks the point in the year when women in effect start ‘working for nothing’ compared to men, as the gap in pay between women and men means on average for every £100 men take home, women are getting £85 – a 14.9% difference.
Ceri Goddard, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society said:
“The gap in pay between women and men is one of the starkest indictors of how different nations are faring when it comes to equality between the sexes.
“Here in the UK, women still earn an average 14.9% less than men. In recent years, progress on closing the gap has slowed, but as the age of austerity bites, we now face the very real prospect of the gap actually widening for the first time since records began.”